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Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) : microbiological, clinical and geographical distribution
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ISBN: 0128146931 0128146923 9780128146934 9780128146927 Year: 2019 Publisher: London : Academic Press,

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Leprosy and Buruli Ulcer
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ISBN: 9783030897048 Year: 2022 Publisher: Cham Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer


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Biology of mycobacterial lipids
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ISBN: 0323919480 0323919448 9780323919449 9780323919487 Year: 2022 Publisher: London, England ; San Diego, California : Elsevier,

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Biology of Mycobacterial Lipids covers various topics pertaining to the advancements and current research in the field of mycobacterial lipids, and on the significant progress in lipidomics, in recent times. The chapters present comprehensive, yet systematic cutting-edge research, comprising mycobacterial lipid terminologies, classifications, biosynthetic pathways, tools and techniques, and functional burgeoning. This unique reference book has contributions from pioneer researchers, experts, and eminent veterans from around the globe. It covers ground-breaking work that will bridge the gap between understanding biochemical patterns related to virulence, pathogenesis, and resistance and elucidating new targets for drug design, identifying biomarkers for predicting risk, early diagnosis, and therapeutic outcome.


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Leprosy in China: A History
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ISBN: 0231123000 1322437343 0231517793 9780231123006 Year: 2009 Publisher: Columbia University Press

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Angela Ki Che Leung's meticulous study begins with the classical annals of the imperial era, which contain the first descriptions of a feared and stigmatized disorder modern researchers now identify as leprosy. She then tracks the relationship between the disease and China's social and political spheres (theories of contagion prompted community and statewide efforts at segregation); religious traditions (Buddhism and Daoism ascribed redemptive meaning to those suffering from the disease), and evolving medical discourse (Chinese doctors have contested the disease's etiology for centuries). Leprosy even pops up in Chinese folklore, attributing the spread of the contagion to contact with immoral women.Leung next places the history of leprosy into a global context of colonialism, racial politics, and "imperial danger." A perceived global pandemic in the late nineteenth century seemed to confirm Westerners' fears that Chinese immigration threatened public health. Therefore battling to contain, if not eliminate, the disease became a central mission of the modernizing, state-building projects of the late Qing empire, the nationalist government of the first half of the twentieth century, and the People's Republic of China. Stamping out the curse of leprosy was the first step toward achieving "hygienic modernity" and erasing the cultural and economic backwardness associated with the disease. Leung's final move connects China's experience with leprosy to a larger history of public health and biomedical regimes of power, exploring the cultural and political implications of China's Sino-Western approach to the disease.


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Mycobacterial Skin Infections
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ISBN: 3319485385 3319485377 Year: 2017 Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,

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This well-illustrated book is a comprehensive guide to the cutaneous clinical presentations of mycobacterial infections. The Mycobacterium genus includes over 170 species, nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) having been added to the obligate human pathogens such as M. tuberculosis and M. leprae. NTM are widely distributed in the environment with high isolation rates worldwide; the skin is a major target with variable clinical manifestations. A current  resurgence in tuberculosis is aggravated by the synergy with human immunodeficiency virus, the breakdown of health care systems, and the rise in multidrug-resistant disease, as the incidence of leprosy remains stable, at around 250,000 new cases annually, regardless of effective antibiotic therapy. Presentations  of various cutaneous infections caused by mycobacteria may be overlooked by clinicians owing the lack of familiarity with tuberculosis, leprosy, and the related  NTM clinical features. This handy guide will help  the dermatologist to spot the different clinical manifestations, make a prompt diagnosis, and apply effective treatment.


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Challenges and Advances in Tuberculosis and Mycobacterial Lung Diseases
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ISBN: 3036554920 3036554912 Year: 2022 Publisher: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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The Special Issue of the journal Diagnostics entitled “Challenges and Advances in Tuberculosis and Mycobacterial Lung Diseases” encompasses research articles, case presentations, and literature reviews concerning the epidemiology, medical surveillance, as well as diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in tuberculosis (TB) and in the infections caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM ). The articles present the current status of knowledge concerning the use of molecular tests and genotyping of M. tuberculosis for the rapid identification of MDR and XDR clones, the advances in the identification of NTM and their differentiation to the species level, as well as clinical studies performed in TB and NTM risk groups. In addition, a summary of current recommendations concerning diagnosis and treatment of tuberculous pericarditis is presented.


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Emerging ocular infections
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ISBN: 3031245598 303124558X Year: 2023 Publisher: Cham, Switzerland : Springer Nature Switzerland AG,

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The book offers comprehensive coverage on novel manifestations of known infections, novel infections with documented ophthalmic involvement, and the growing issue of resistance among certain infections. Filling a much-needed gap in current literary offerings, chapters approach ophthalmic manifestations of infectious disease from a novel perspective. Each chapter is co-written by an ophthalmologist and an infectious disease specialist to provide multidisciplinary insight. This unique analysis of infectious disease enhances the ability of ophthalmologists and infectious disease specialists to identify the manifold manifestations of both common and rare infections in the eye. Chapters begin with a general introduction, and each contain an Infectious Disease section, along with an Ophthalmology section. The book covers infections such as viral retinitis, fungal infections, syphilis, tuberculosis, vector-borne illnesses, and delve into rarer conditions such as unusual post-operative infections. Concise and practical, Emerging Ocular Infection will be of use to ID specialists, and ophthalmologists alike.

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Ophthalmology. --- Internal medicine. --- Internal Medicine. --- Medicine, Internal --- Medicine --- Eye --- Diseases --- Infections. --- Mycoses ǂx Immunological aspects. --- Mycobacterial diseases. --- Tuberculosis. --- Eye ǂx Diseases. --- Eye Infections --- Infections ǂx immunology. --- Mycobacterium Infections. --- Nontuberculous Mycobacteria. --- Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous. --- Eye Diseases. --- Atypical Mycobacterial Infection, Disseminated --- Atypical Mycobacterial Infection, Familial Disseminated --- Atypical Mycobacteriosis, Familial --- Atypical Mycobacteriosis, Familial Disseminated --- Atypical Mycobacterium Infections --- Infections, Atypical Mycobacterium --- Mycobacterium abscessus Infection --- Mycobacterium Infections, Atypical --- Atypical Mycobacterium Infection --- Familial Atypical Mycobacterioses --- Familial Atypical Mycobacteriosis --- Infection, Mycobacterium abscessus --- Infections, Mycobacterium abscessus --- Mycobacterioses, Familial Atypical --- Mycobacteriosis, Familial Atypical --- Mycobacterium Infection, Atypical --- Mycobacterium Infection, Nontuberculous --- Mycobacterium abscessus Infections --- Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Infection --- Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Infections --- Eye Disorders --- Eye Disease --- Eye Disorder --- Ophthalmology --- Ocular Infections --- Eye Infection --- Infection, Eye --- Infection, Ocular --- Infections, Eye --- Infections, Ocular --- Ocular Infection --- Consumption (Disease) --- Lungs --- Phthisis --- Pulmonary tuberculosis --- TB (Disease) --- Chest --- Mycobacterial diseases --- Mycobacterium tuberculosis --- Atypical Mycobacterium --- Mycobacterium, Atypical --- Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria --- Nontuberculous Mycobacterium --- Atypical Mycobacteria --- Mycobacteria, Atypical --- Mycobacterium duvalii --- Mycobacterium flavescens --- Mycobacterium gilvum --- Mycobacterium gordonae --- Mycobacterium obuense --- Mycobacterium szulgai --- Mycobacterium terrae --- Mycolicibacter terrae --- Mycolicibacterium duvalii --- Mycolicibacterium flavescens --- Mycolicibacterium gilvum --- Mycolicibacterium obuense --- Tuberculoid Bacillus --- Infections, Mycobacterium --- Infection, Mycobacterium --- Mycobacterium Infection --- Mycobacterial disease --- Mycobacterial infections --- Mycobacterioses --- Mycobacterium infections --- Gram-positive bacterial infections --- Tuberculosis --- Mycoses --- Infections --- Immunological aspects. --- Diseases. --- immunology.

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