Mycobacterium

Mycobacteria protocols

by Parish, Tanya, Roberts, David M.

fromMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)

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Updated and revised, this thorough volume provides a selection of the newest methods, as well as some of the basic methods required for a mycobacterial research laboratory. Mycobacteria Protocols, Third Edition guides readers through fractionation and analysis of macromolecules,…

Mycobacterium ulcerans: methods and protocols

fromMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)

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This volume explores the latest techniques used to study Mycobacterium ulcerans, and more specifically M. ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer). The chapters in this book are organized into three parts and cover methods for the detection of M. ulcerans and the analysis of host-pathoge…

Mycobacteria protocols

by Parish, Tanya, Stoker, Neil G.

fromMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)

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Laboratory experts present cutting-edge molecular biology techniques for studying the mycobacteria, a medically significant group of organisms responsible for both human and animal disease, including tuberculosis and leprosy. The methods range from basic culture techniques, cell…

Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease that the World Health Organisation (WHO) regards as a global pandemic. There is a great need for new drugs to combat this threat. Drug resistant strains of the causative agent, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), have increased the urgency of this qu…

Background. Nigeria has the fourth highest tuberculosis (TB) burden worldwide. In this study, mycobacterial agents from clinically symptomatic TB patients, regardless of HIV co-infection were isolated and characterized, and resistance to isoniazid and rifampicin determined. Meth…