Successful treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) depends on early diagnosis and careful monitoring of treatment response. Identification of acid-fast bacilli by fluorescence microscopy of sputum smears is a common tool for both tasks. Microscopy-b...
The genome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis contains a relatively high percentage (10%) of genes that are poorly characterised because of their highly repetitive nature and high GC content. Some of these genes encode proteins of the PE/PPE family, which...
Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics
May 26, 2023
The rise of antibiotic-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) has reduced the availability of medications for tuberculosis therapy, resulting in increased morbidity and mortality globally. Tuberculosis spreads from the lungs to other parts of the...
Progress in biophysics and molecular biology
Apr 5, 2023
Tuberculosis (TB) is among the leading causes of death worldwide from a single infectious agent. This disease usually affects the lungs (pulmonary TB) and can be cured in most cases with a quick diagnosis and proper treatment. Microscopic sputum smea...
Journal of molecular graphics & modelling
Oct 13, 2022
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is a pathogen of major concern due to its ability to withstand both first- and second-line antibiotics, leading to drug resistance. Thus, there is a critical need for identification of novel anti-tuberculosis agents t...
Early diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) is an essential and challenging task to prevent disease, decrease mortality risk, and stop transmission to other people. The chest X-ray (CXR) is the top choice for lung disease screening in clinics because it is ...
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases
May 18, 2022
BACKGROUND: Few evaluations of computer-aided detection (CAD) software for analyzing chest radiographs for tuberculosis have used mycobacterial culture as the reference standard.
Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics
Feb 23, 2022
The development of new drugs against is an essential strategy for fighting drug resistance. Although 3-dehydroquinate dehydratase (MtDHQ) is known to be a highly relevant target for , current research shows new putative inhibitors of MtDHQ selected ...
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Tuberculosis (Tuberculosis, TB) is a public health problem in China, which not only endangers the population's health but also affects economic and social development. It requires an accurate prediction analysis to help to m...
AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium
Feb 21, 2022
The persistence and emergence of new multi-drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) strains continues to advance the devastating tuberculosis (TB) epidemic. Robust systems are needed to accurately and rapidly perform drug-resistance profilin...
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