Microbiological investigations should be obtained early in suspected infection, and include stains and cultures for bacteria, fungi and atypical mycobacteria. Confocal microscopy is a specialized ...

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Objective To accurately estimate the global prevalence of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in adults with non-cystic fibrosis (non-CF) bronchiectasis and to determine the proportion of NTM species ...

Consequently, the adjustments in antibiotic treatment decisions based on mNGS results additionally improved the treatment and prognosis of 16 patients with atypical pathogens ... B antigens ...

Results During surgery, veins combined with arachnoid adhesions and arachnoid adhesions alone were observed compressing the trigeminal nerve in seven patients (17.50%) and 33 patients (82.50% ...

Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are everywhere – in the ground we walk over, the water we drink, the air we breathe. There are more than 150 species of these tiny, rod-shaped pathogens and ...

Different lymphomatous lesions originating in the background of AtLP thus arise from accumulated genetic changes in subclones of atypical lymphocytes. During this process, the transformed ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes long-term infections characterised by slow or non-replicating growth states and controlled gene expression. This study finds these bacteria as the first example of an ...