"Mycobacterium" 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 genus of gram-positive, aerobic bacteria. Most species are free-living in soil and water, but the major habitat for some is the diseased tissue of warm-blooded hosts.
| Descriptor ID |
D009161
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.510.024.049.525.500 B03.510.460.400.410.552.552
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mycobacterium" by people in Profiles.
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On the age of leprosy. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014 Feb; 8(2):e2544.
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Cord factor and peptidoglycan recapitulate the Th17-promoting adjuvant activity of mycobacteria through mincle/CARD9 signaling and the inflammasome. J Immunol. 2013 Jun 01; 190(11):5722-30.
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Arginine usage in mycobacteria-infected macrophages depends on autocrine-paracrine cytokine signaling. Sci Signal. 2010 Aug 17; 3(135):ra62.
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Comparative sequence analysis of Mycobacterium leprae and the new leprosy-causing Mycobacterium lepromatosis. J Bacteriol. 2009 Oct; 191(19):6067-74.
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Rapidly growing mycobacteria: clinical and microbiologic studies of 115 cases. Am J Clin Pathol. 2007 Oct; 128(4):612-21.
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Mycobacterium simiae cervical lymphadenitis. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2007 Apr; 26(4):362-3.
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Catheter-related bloodstream infection caused by Mycobacterium brumae. J Clin Microbiol. 2004 Nov; 42(11):5429-31.
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Rapid and accurate identification of mycobacteria by sequencing hypervariable regions of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene. Am J Clin Pathol. 2002 Nov; 118(5):796-801.
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Characterization of the mycobacteriophage L5 attachment site, attP. J Mol Biol. 1997 Feb 14; 266(1):76-92.
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A novel host factor for integration of mycobacteriophage L5. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1996 Dec 24; 93(26):15411-6.