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 | 3 | 12 |
| 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 | 15 | 8 | 23 |
| 2017 | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| 2018 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2019 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 2020 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2022 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 2025 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mycobacterium tuberculosis" by people in Profiles.
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Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra assay for pulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in adults and adolescents. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2025 07 29; 7:CD009593.
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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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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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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).
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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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A novel method for detecting Lipoarabinomannan in urine with the promise of meeting the WHO target product profile for the diagnosis of tuberculosis. Tuberculosis (Edinb). 2025 May; 152:102619.
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Trajectories of Interferon-Gamma Release Assay Results Over 2 Years in Independent Cohorts From China, South Africa, Tanzania, and the United States. Chest. 2025 Jul; 168(1):33-42.