ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), infects one third of the world’s population and kills 1.7 million people per year. The increasing prevalence of multi- and extensively ...

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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Diagnostic delay is regarded as a major contributor to the continuous rise in tuberculosis (TB) cases and the emergence and transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and extensively drug ...

Despite the ongoing global tuberculosis (TB) problem and extensive research into protective immunity against this intracellular pathogen, mechanisms of protective immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) in ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Drug-resistant tuberculosis poses a threat to global tuberculosis control by the WHO DOTS strategy. Studies in the United States and Europe have shown (i) that drug-resistant tuberculosis is present ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The prevalence of multi-drug resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis has been increasing to alarming levels globally. This has been exacerbated by tuberculosis ...

The formation of granulomas at the site of antigen presentation in both tuberculosis and sarcoidosis is an essential component of host immunity for controlling inflammation. Granuloma formation is a complex process that ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The investigation was aimed to improve the understanding of the binding interactions between DevS and DevR that are implicated in the regulation of the dormancy response in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. ...

Pneumocystis jirovecii is a significant contributor to the burden of disease in immunocompromised patients. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is more sensitive and specific than microscopy. Cotrimoxazole prophylactic ...