Oluwabusola Oluwakorede Asenuga, James Ponman Sargwak, Emmanuel Chimeh Ezeako, Matthew Babalola, Faith Omosigho, Eberechukwu Osinachi Azubuike & Chibuzo Valentine Nwokafor·Microbiology Research Journal International·2024
Background: The continuous evolution of drug-resistant Tuberculosis strains around the globe, particularly in West Africa, continues to be a major public health problem and poses serious threats to the actualization of the ”End Tuberculosis Strategy” projected by 2030. Hence, a c...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2024/v34i111504
Donfack Jean Hubert, Dosi Samuel Kidia, Atemkeng Tsatedem Faustin, Wandji Kounougo Rene & Ngueguim Tsofack Florence·Asian Journal of Medicine and Health·2022
Aims: This study focuses as it main objective to determine the effectiveness of early BCG vaccination in preventing tuberculosis. Study Design: It was a cross sectional descriptive study. The study population being all early BCG vaccinated individuals. Place and Duration of Study...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i1130521
Tuberculosis, or TB, is an infectious bacterial disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly affects the lungs. It is transmitted from person to person via droplets from the throat and lungs of the infected person to the uninfected. Its incidence appears to b...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/45580
Aim: This study was aimed at identification of fungal and bacterial contaminants in Tuberculosis cultures at the Uganda National Reference Laboratory (NTRL). Methods: The cultures were previously grown on Lowenstein-Jensen (LJ) medium in bottle slants. The method used involved co...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2017/32801
Aim: To detect Mtb rifampicin drug resistance mutations in Zimbabwe by rpoB gene sequencing. Study Design: This was a retrospective study. Place of Study: The study was conducted in Zimbabwe in 2015 using archived Mtb isolates previously isolated throughout Zimbabwe during a nat...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/28510
Aims: We carried out this study to determine the patterns of initial drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates and prevalence of MDR-TB among category-I pulmonary TB patients in Kashmir Valley. MDR-TB was defined as tuberculosis caused by bacilli showing resistance t...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/20234
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis, is responsible for the deaths of million people around the globe. The scenario is worse than ever due to the emergence of drug resistant strains which are widely spread throughout the globe in much faster ways. To c...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2015/19032
Tuberculosis is an important opportunistic infection in HIV/AIDS. Benue state is the highest HIV endemic state in Nigeria and investigation of tuberculosis cases and Mycobacterial resistance patterns are needed. A retrospective study with a review of reports of Mycobacterium tu...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/9084
Fatty acid biosynthesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis was analyzed using graph theory and minimum robust domination energy. The digraphs representing this Mycobacterial network provide crucial information regarding the connectivity of each protein or metabolite in a given pathway...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/8960
This work was carried out to study the effect of iron on the growth density of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as well as drug susceptibility testing. Fifty two smear-positive acid fast bacilli out of 100 sputum specimens were obtained from patients who were referred to National Healt...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2014/7049