Mycobacterium tuberculosis
"Mycobacterium tuberculosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A species of gram-positive, aerobic bacteria that produces TUBERCULOSIS in humans, other primates, CATTLE; DOGS; and some other animals which have contact with humans. Growth tends to be in serpentine, cordlike masses in which the bacilli show a parallel orientation.
| Descriptor ID |
D009169
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.510.024.049.525.500.702 B03.510.460.400.410.552.552.702
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Mycobacterium tuberculosis" by people in this website by year, and whether "Mycobacterium tuberculosis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 1996 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2001 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2004 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2005 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2007 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2008 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2010 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2011 | 12 | 9 | 21 |
| 2012 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2013 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2014 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2015 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2016 | 13 | 6 | 19 |
| 2017 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
| 2018 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2019 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 2020 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2022 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mycobacterium tuberculosis" by people in Profiles.
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Perceived usability, acceptability, and feasibility of stool-based qPCR TB diagnostics: perspectives from healthcare providers in Manhi?a District, southern Mozambique. BMC Infect Dis. 2025 May 26; 25(1):757.
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Rapid tuberculosis diagnosis from respiratory or blood samples by a low cost, portable lab-in-tube assay. Sci Transl Med. 2025 Apr 09; 17(793):eadp6411.
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Insights into protection against Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: time to officially confirm another phenotype? J Clin Invest. 2025 Apr 01; 135(7).
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Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Kharkiv, Ukraine, 2019-2023. Emerg Infect Dis. 2025 Mar; 31(3):615-617.
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Shifting tuberculosis dynamics in the EU/EEA: geographical and drug resistance trends among people of foreign origin, 2019 to 2023. Euro Surveill. 2025 Mar; 30(11).
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The molecular bacterial load assay predicts treatment responses in patients with pre-XDR/XDR-tuberculosis more accurately than GeneXpert Ultra MTB/Rif. J Infect. 2025 Feb; 90(2):106399.
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Effectiveness of the primary Bacillus Calmette-Gu?rin vaccine against the risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and tuberculosis disease: a meta-analysis of individual participant data. Lancet Microbe. 2025 Feb; 6(2):100961.
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Whispers in the Wind: Face Mask Sampling for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Detection in Children With Pulmonary Tuberculosis. J Infect Dis. 2024 Dec 16; 230(6):1510-1517.
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Strategies to Enhance Diagnostic Capabilities for the New Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (DR-TB) Drugs. Pathogens. 2024 Nov 28; 13(12).
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TCA metabolism regulates DNA hypermethylation in LPS and Mycobacterium tuberculosis-induced immune tolerance. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Oct 08; 121(41):e2404841121.