Supported by The National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.82100631.
BACKGROUND Mycobacterium houstonense(M.houstonense)belongs to the nontuberculous mycobacterium group.Infection caused by M.houstonense is prone to recurrence.CASE SUMMARY We present a patient who was diagnosed with os...
The worldwide burden of tuberculosis(TB)has increased and it can involve virtually any organ of the body.Intestinal TB accounts for about 2%of the cases of TB worldwide.The ileocecal region is the most commonly affect...
Background People with cystic fibrosis(CF)may develop clinically significant chronic respiratory infections with Pseudomonas aeruginosa(PA)and non-tuberculous mycobacteria(NTM).Open water has been suggested to be an i...
supported by grants from the Natural Science Foundation of Huai'an Science and Technology Bureau(Grant No.HAB202312);the Science and Technology Development Fund of the Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University(Grant No.XYFY2021018).
Tumor vaccines are a promising avenue in cancer immunotherapy.Despite the progress in targeting specific immune epitopes,tumor cells lacking these epitopes can evade the treatment.Here,we aimed to construct an efficie...
In this editorial,we comment on the article by Ali et al published in the recent issue of the World Journal of Clinical Cases.This case report shed light on a particularly rare manifestation of this disease-primary ga...
BACKGROUND Owing to the advancement in bacterial identification techniques,the detection rate of non-tuberculous mycobacterium(NTM)has been on the rise.Different from Mycobacterium tuberculosis,the clinical symptoms o...
Supported by The Guangxi TCM Suitable Technology Development and Promotion Project,No.GZSY20-20.
BACKGROUND Infections by non-tuberculous mycobacteria(NTM)have become more common in recent years.Mycobacterium canariasense(M.canariasense)was first reported as an opportunistic pathogen in 2004,but there have been v...
Objective To compare clinical features and treatment outcomes of Mycobacterium abscessus (M.abscessus) and Mycobacterium massiliense (M.massiliense) pulmonary disease.Methods A retrospective analysis was performed for...
Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious infectious disease and its control is considered a challenge, particularly among vulnerable populations such as prisoners. The prevalence of TB in prisons is an alarming public health pr...
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is an endemic zoonosis significantly affects animal health in Burkina Faso. The primary causative agent is Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) complex, mainly M. bovis. Cattle are co...