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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| 1996 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2001 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2004 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2005 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2007 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2008 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2009 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 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 | 14 | 8 | 22 |
| 2017 | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| 2018 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2019 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 2020 | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2022 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mycobacterium tuberculosis" by people in Profiles.
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Host- and pathogen-related determinants of pulmonary versus extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Eur Respir Rev. 2026 01; 35(179).
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Noninvasive diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis using face mask sampling: a prospective study in adults. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2026 Apr; 32(4):644-649.
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HIV-associated drug-resistant TB: expanded treatment options and emerging threats. Curr Opin HIV AIDS. 2026 Mar 01; 21(2):172-179.
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Application of FreezeTB, a targeted nanopore sequencing assay, for identification of drug resistance and lineages among pulmonary tuberculosis cases in Alaska. Microbiol Spectr. 2026 Jan 06; 14(1):e0233525.
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Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra assay for tuberculosis disease and rifampicin resistance in children. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2025 10 23; 10:CD013359.
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Self-powered rapid antigen-specific T-cell response assay for Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections. Nat Biomed Eng. 2026 Jan; 10(1):69-79.
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Performance of a Novel Stool Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for Pediatric Tuberculosis Detection in Sub-Saharan Africa. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2025 Jun 16; 14(6).
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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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Performance of stool Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis among adults living with HIV: a multicentre, prospective diagnostic study. Lancet Microbe. 2025 Jul; 6(7):101085.
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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).