Published in J Clin Microbiol on November 01, 2004
Real-time PCR in clinical microbiology: applications for routine laboratory testing. Clin Microbiol Rev (2006) 6.03
Role of embB codon 306 mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis revisited: a novel association with broad drug resistance and IS6110 clustering rather than ethambutol resistance. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2005) 2.17
Rapid genotypic detection of rifampin- and isoniazid-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis directly in clinical specimens. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 1.77
Locked Nucleic Acid Probe-Based Real-Time PCR Assay for the Rapid Detection of Rifampin-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis. PLoS One (2015) 1.42
Allelic exchange and mutant selection demonstrate that common clinical embCAB gene mutations only modestly increase resistance to ethambutol in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2009) 1.24
Prospective evaluation of pyrosequencing for the rapid detection of isoniazid and rifampin resistance in clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis (2008) 1.17
Multiplex assay based on single-nucleotide polymorphisms for rapid identification of Brucella isolates at the species level. Appl Environ Microbiol (2007) 1.16
Novel technique of quantitative nested real-time PCR assay for Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 1.08
Multiplex real-time PCR melting curve assay to detect drug-resistant mutations of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Clin Microbiol (2011) 1.01
High-resolution melting curve analysis for rapid detection of rifampin and isoniazid resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates. J Clin Microbiol (2010) 1.00
Loop-mediated isothermal amplification for rapid and reliable diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis. J Clin Microbiol (2011) 0.99
Novel wide-range quantitative nested real-time PCR assay for Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA: development and methodology. J Clin Microbiol (2008) 0.95
In vitro susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates to an oral carbapenem alone or in combination with β-lactamase inhibitors. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2014) 0.93
Primary clarithromycin resistance to Helicobacter pylori: Is this the main reason for triple therapy failure? World J Gastrointest Pathophysiol (2013) 0.90
"Spoligoriftyping," a dual-priming-oligonucleotide-based direct-hybridization assay for tuberculosis control with a multianalyte microbead-based hybridization system. J Clin Microbiol (2012) 0.89
Molecular characteristics of rifampin- and isoniazid-resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated in Vietnam. J Clin Microbiol (2011) 0.88
Novel wide-range quantitative nested real-time PCR assay for Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA: clinical application for diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis. J Clin Microbiol (2008) 0.85
Development and evaluation of a novel single-nucleotide-polymorphism real-time PCR assay for rapid detection of fluoroquinolone-resistant Mycoplasma bovis. J Clin Microbiol (2010) 0.85
Real-Time PCR: Revolutionizing Detection and Expression Analysis of Genes. Curr Genomics (2007) 0.84
Fast test for assessing the susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to isoniazid and rifampin by real-time PCR. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz (2012) 0.81
Multi-Fluorescence Real-Time PCR Assay for Detection of RIF and INH Resistance of M. tuberculosis. Front Microbiol (2016) 0.75
Rapid Detection of Rifampicin- and Isoniazid-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis using TaqMan Allelic Discrimination. Osong Public Health Res Perspect (2016) 0.75
An analysis of 5'-noncoding sequences from 699 vertebrate messenger RNAs. Nucleic Acids Res (1987) 36.83
Detection of rifampicin-resistance mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Lancet (1993) 16.75
Molecular genetic basis of antimicrobial agent resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: 1998 update. Tuber Lung Dis (1998) 11.56
Sputum digestion and decontamination with N-acetyl-L-cysteine-sodium hydroxide for culture of mycobacteria. Am Rev Respir Dis (1963) 9.11
Characterization by automated DNA sequencing of mutations in the gene (rpoB) encoding the RNA polymerase beta subunit in rifampin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from New York City and Texas. J Clin Microbiol (1994) 6.91
Molecular beacon sequence analysis for detecting drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Nat Biotechnol (1998) 6.59
Global trends in resistance to antituberculosis drugs. World Health Organization-International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Working Group on Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Surveillance. N Engl J Med (2001) 6.05
3'-minor groove binder-DNA probes increase sequence specificity at PCR extension temperatures. Nucleic Acids Res (2000) 5.24
Genotypic assessment of isoniazid and rifampin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a blind study at reference laboratory level. J Clin Microbiol (1997) 5.09
Detection of rifampin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a single tube with molecular beacons. J Clin Microbiol (2001) 4.89
Molecular mechanisms of multiple drug resistance in clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Infect Dis (1995) 4.12
Missense mutations in the catalase-peroxidase gene, katG, are associated with isoniazid resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Mol Microbiol (1995) 3.98
Genotypic analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in two distinct populations using molecular beacons: implications for rapid susceptibility testing. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2000) 3.56
Ethambutol resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: critical role of embB mutations. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (1997) 3.05
Use of TaqMan 5' nuclease real-time PCR for quantitative detection of Mycoplasma genitalium DNA in males with and without urethritis who were attendees at a sexually transmitted disease clinic. J Clin Microbiol (2004) 2.97
Analysis of the oxyR-ahpC region in isoniazid-resistant and -susceptible Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex organisms recovered from diseased humans and animals in diverse localities. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (1997) 2.70
Evolution of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: clinical and molecular perspective. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2002) 2.55
Use of real-time PCR and fluorimetry for rapid detection of rifampin and isoniazid resistance-associated mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Clin Microbiol (2000) 2.13
Rapid identification of a point mutation of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis catalase-peroxidase (katG) gene associated with isoniazid resistance. J Infect Dis (1995) 1.98
Detection of embB306 mutations in ethambutol-susceptible clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Northwestern Russia: implications for genotypic resistance testing. J Clin Microbiol (2002) 1.98
Rapid genotyping of single nucleotide polymorphisms using novel minor groove binding DNA oligonucleotides (MGB probes). Hum Mutat (2002) 1.70
Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in sputum specimens by the automated Roche Cobas Amplicor Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Test. J Clin Microbiol (1998) 1.68
Modulating influence on HIV/AIDS by interacting RANTES gene variants. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2002) 1.61
Rapid detection of resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a review discussing molecular approaches. Clin Microbiol Infect (2003) 1.60
Genetic methods for assessing antimicrobial resistance. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (1999) 1.60
New real-time PCR able to detect in a single tube multiple rifampin resistance mutations and high-level isoniazid resistance mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Clin Microbiol (2002) 1.50
Multidrug resistant Mycobacterium leprae from patients with leprosy. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2001) 1.50
Tuberculosis--the global view. N Engl J Med (2002) 1.40
Detection of a point mutation associated with high-level isoniazid resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis by using real-time PCR technology with 3'-minor groove binder-DNA probes. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 1.37
Genus-specific polymerase chain reaction for the mycobacterial dnaJ gene and species-specific oligonucleotide probes. J Clin Microbiol (1993) 1.31
Improved real-time PCR for rapid detection of rifampin and isoniazid resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (2003) 1.22
Rapid method for testing susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by using DNA probes. J Clin Microbiol (1997) 0.94
Preferential recruitment of CCR6-expressing Th17 cells to inflamed joints via CCL20 in rheumatoid arthritis and its animal model. J Exp Med (2007) 5.58
Macrophages in inflammation. Curr Drug Targets Inflamm Allergy (2005) 2.85
Loss of a conserved 7-methylguanosine modification in 16S rRNA confers low-level streptomycin resistance in bacteria. Mol Microbiol (2007) 2.13
Discovery of two novel families of proteins that are proposed to interact with prokaryotic SMC proteins, and characterization of the Bacillus subtilis family members ScpA and ScpB. Mol Microbiol (2002) 2.06
A functional link between RuBisCO-like protein of Bacillus and photosynthetic RuBisCO. Science (2003) 2.03
Whole-genome analysis of genes regulated by the Bacillus subtilis competence transcription factor ComK. J Bacteriol (2002) 2.01
An RNA-modifying enzyme that governs both the codon and amino acid specificities of isoleucine tRNA. Mol Cell (2003) 1.90
Deletion of kasB in Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes loss of acid-fastness and subclinical latent tuberculosis in immunocompetent mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2007) 1.86
Highly frequent mutations in negative regulators of multiple virulence genes in group A streptococcal toxic shock syndrome isolates. PLoS Pathog (2010) 1.77
Six GTP-binding proteins of the Era/Obg family are essential for cell growth in Bacillus subtilis. Microbiology (2002) 1.76
Serodiagnosis of Mycobacterium avium-complex pulmonary disease using an enzyme immunoassay kit. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2007) 1.75
Zinc is a key factor in controlling alternation of two types of L31 protein in the Bacillus subtilis ribosome. Mol Microbiol (2004) 1.65
Complement drives Th17 cell differentiation and triggers autoimmune arthritis. J Exp Med (2010) 1.62
The BceRS two-component regulatory system induces expression of the bacitracin transporter, BceAB, in Bacillus subtilis. Mol Microbiol (2003) 1.58
Syncope upon swallowing caused by an esophageal hiatal hernia compressing the left atrium: a case report. Echocardiography (2004) 1.55
Rothia aeria sp. nov., Rhodococcus baikonurensis sp. nov. and Arthrobacter russicus sp. nov., isolated from air in the Russian space laboratory Mir. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol (2004) 1.54
Promising loci of variable numbers of tandem repeats for typing Beijing family Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Med Microbiol (2008) 1.52
Comparison of QuantiFERON-TB Gold and the tuberculin skin test for detecting previous tuberculosis infection evaluated by chest CT findings in Japanese rheumatoid arthritis patients. J Infect Chemother (2011) 1.48
Crystal structure of the [2Fe-2S] oxidative-stress sensor SoxR bound to DNA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2008) 1.45
Proposal of a consensus set of hypervariable mycobacterial interspersed repetitive-unit-variable-number tandem-repeat loci for subtyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing isolates. J Clin Microbiol (2013) 1.39
The nitric oxide-responsive regulator NsrR controls ResDE-dependent gene expression. J Bacteriol (2006) 1.35
Inferring gene regulatory networks from time-ordered gene expression data of Bacillus subtilis using differential equations. Pac Symp Biocomput (2003) 1.34
Dissemination of the phage-associated novel superantigen gene speL in recent invasive and noninvasive Streptococcus pyogenes M3/T3 isolates in Japan. Infect Immun (2002) 1.32
Chryseobacterium miricola sp. nov., a novel species isolated from condensation water of space station Mir. Syst Appl Microbiol (2003) 1.32
The role of G-protein-coupled receptor kinase 5 in pathogenesis of sporadic Parkinson's disease. J Neurosci (2006) 1.28
The recovery of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex (MAC) from the residential bathrooms of patients with pulmonary MAC. Clin Infect Dis (2007) 1.26
Genetic diversity of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing family in East Asia revealed through refined population structure analysis. FEMS Microbiol Lett (2008) 1.25
Graded attenuation of TCR signaling elicits distinct autoimmune diseases by altering thymic T cell selection and regulatory T cell function. J Immunol (2010) 1.22
Systematic analysis of SigD-regulated genes in Bacillus subtilis by DNA microarray and Northern blotting analyses. Gene (2004) 1.22
Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates in Bangladesh by a species distinguishable multiplex PCR. BMC Infect Dis (2010) 1.22
Memory B cells in the lung participate in protective humoral immune responses to pulmonary influenza virus reinfection. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2012) 1.20
Macrophage scavenger receptor down-regulates mycobacterial cord factor-induced proinflammatory cytokine production by alveolar and hepatic macrophages. Microb Pathog (2006) 1.20
Development of an in-house loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and evaluation in sputum samples of Nepalese patients. J Med Microbiol (2008) 1.20
Serodiagnosis of pulmonary disease due to Mycobacterium avium complex with an enzyme immunoassay that uses a mixture of glycopeptidolipid antigens. Clin Infect Dis (2002) 1.15
Selective transmission of R5 HIV-1 over X4 HIV-1 at the dendritic cell-T cell infectious synapse is determined by the T cell activation state. PLoS Pathog (2009) 1.11
Evaluation of variable numbers of tandem repeat as molecular epidemiological markers of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Japan. J Med Microbiol (2007) 1.11
Dominant incidence of multidrug and extensively drug-resistant specific Mycobacterium tuberculosis clones in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. PLoS One (2012) 1.11
Extracellular mycobacterial DNA-binding protein 1 participates in mycobacterium-lung epithelial cell interaction through hyaluronic acid. J Biol Chem (2004) 1.10
Bacillus subtilis RghR (YvaN) represses rapG and rapH, which encode inhibitors of expression of the srfA operon. Mol Microbiol (2006) 1.09
High transmissibility of the modern Beijing Mycobacterium tuberculosis in homeless patients of Japan. Tuberculosis (Edinb) (2009) 1.09
Emendation of the genus Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990 and junior objective synonymy of the species of three genera, Sphingobium, Novosphingobium and Sphingopyxis, in conjunction with Blastomonas ursincola. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol (2002) 1.07
The Bacillus subtilis YufLM two-component system regulates the expression of the malate transporters MaeN (YufR) and YflS, and is essential for utilization of malate in minimal medium. Microbiology (2003) 1.06
spoIVH (ykvV), a requisite cortex formation gene, is expressed in both sporulating compartments of Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol (2004) 1.06
Enterovirus 104 infection in adult, Japan, 2011. Emerg Infect Dis (2012) 1.05
Identification of an endo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase gene in Caenorhabditis elegans and its expression in Escherichia coli. Glycobiology (2002) 1.05
Characterization of relationships between transcriptional units and operon structures in Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli. BMC Genomics (2007) 1.05
Clonal expansion of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, Japan. Emerg Infect Dis (2010) 1.05
Clinical and prognostic importance of serotyping Mycobacterium avium-Mycobacterium intracellulare complex isolates in human immunodeficiency virus-negative patients. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 1.04
Dual negative control of spx transcription initiation from the P3 promoter by repressors PerR and YodB in Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol (2006) 1.03
The longitudinal quantitative assessment by transient elastography of chronic hepatitis C patients treated with pegylated interferon alpha-2b and ribavirin. Antiviral Res (2009) 1.03
Functional analysis of the YvrGHb two-component system of Bacillus subtilis: identification of the regulated genes by DNA microarray and northern blot analyses. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem (2005) 1.02
The H2O2 stress-responsive regulator PerR positively regulates srfA expression in Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol (2005) 0.99
Phylogeographical particularity of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing family in South Korea based on international comparison with surrounding countries. J Med Microbiol (2010) 0.99
Control of cell wall assembly by a histone-like protein in Mycobacteria. J Bacteriol (2007) 0.98
Rapid detection of pyrazinamide-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis by a PCR-based in vitro system. J Clin Microbiol (2002) 0.98
Structural basis of inter-protein electron transfer for nitrite reduction in denitrification. Nature (2009) 0.98
Distinct fucosylation of M cells and epithelial cells by Fut1 and Fut2, respectively, in response to intestinal environmental stress. Biochem Biophys Res Commun (2010) 0.97
Virulence of Mycobacterium avium complex strains isolated from immunocompetent patients. Microb Pathog (2008) 0.97
Protective immunity afforded by inactivated H5N1 (NIBRG-14) vaccine requires antibodies against both hemagglutinin and neuraminidase in mice. J Infect Dis (2009) 0.96
Enhancement of Shiga toxin production in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli serotype O157:H7 by DNase colicins. Appl Environ Microbiol (2007) 0.96
Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli isolated from stools of sporadic cases of diarrheal illness in Osaka City, Japan between 1997 and 2000: prevalence of enteroaggregative E. coli heat-stable enterotoxin 1 gene-possessing E. coli. Jpn J Infect Dis (2002) 0.96
Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis strains isolated from humans, pigs, and human living environment. Infect Genet Evol (2011) 0.95
Engineering of mucin-type human glycoproteins in yeast cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2008) 0.95
Mycobacterium heckeshornense lung infection that was diagnosed as Mycobacterium xenopi disease by DNA-DNA hybridization (DDH). Intern Med (2011) 0.93
Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains spreading in Hanoi, Vietnam: Beijing sublineages, genotypes, drug susceptibility patterns, and host factors. Tuberculosis (Edinb) (2014) 0.93
Genome sequence of clinical isolate Mycobacterium tuberculosis NCGM2209. J Bacteriol (2011) 0.92
Structural characterization of a specific glycopeptidolipid containing a novel N-acyl-deoxy sugar from mycobacterium intracellulare serotype 7 and genetic analysis of its glycosylation pathway. J Bacteriol (2006) 0.92
Contribution of neutrophil-derived myeloperoxidase in the early phase of fulminant acute respiratory distress syndrome induced by influenza virus infection. Microbiol Immunol (2012) 0.92
The MarR-type repressor MhqR (YkvE) regulates multiple dioxygenases/glyoxalases and an azoreductase which confer resistance to 2-methylhydroquinone and catechol in Bacillus subtilis. Mol Microbiol (2007) 0.91
Stable top-up operation at SPring-8. J Synchrotron Radiat (2006) 0.91
Production in yeast of alpha-galactosidase A, a lysosomal enzyme applicable to enzyme replacement therapy for Fabry disease. Glycobiology (2002) 0.90
A histone-like protein of mycobacteria possesses ferritin superfamily protein-like activity and protects against DNA damage by Fenton reaction. PLoS One (2011) 0.90
Mycobacteria exploit host hyaluronan for efficient extracellular replication. PLoS Pathog (2009) 0.90
Pulmonary Mycobacterium parascrofulaceum infection as an immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in an AIDS patient. Intern Med (2010) 0.90
Structural analysis of sphingophospholipids derived from Sphingobacterium spiritivorum, the type species of genus Sphingobacterium. Biochim Biophys Acta (2003) 0.90
Bacterial ceramides and sphingophospholipids induce apoptosis of human leukaemic cells. Microbiology (2003) 0.90
A rapid loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay targeting hspX for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Jpn J Infect Dis (2012) 0.89
Efficient antibody production upon suppression of O mannosylation in the yeast Ogataea minuta. Appl Environ Microbiol (2007) 0.89
Prevalence of cefotaxime resistance in group B streptococcus isolates from Osaka, Japan. J Infect Chemother (2003) 0.89
Simple multiplex PCR assay for identification of Beijing family Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates with a lineage-specific mutation in Rv0679c. J Clin Microbiol (2013) 0.89
[Identification of mycobacteria by sequencing of rpoB gene and 16S rRNA]. Kekkaku (2006) 0.88
Bacillus subtilis spoVIF (yjcC) gene, involved in coat assembly and spore resistance. Microbiology (2003) 0.88
Use of glycopeptidolipid core antigen for serodiagnosis of mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease in immunocompetent patients. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol (2005) 0.88
Vocal tract area function for vowels using three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging. A preliminary study. J Voice (2006) 0.87
Controlled expression of branch-forming mannosyltransferase is critical for mycobacterial lipoarabinomannan biosynthesis. J Biol Chem (2010) 0.87
DNA augments antigenicity of mycobacterial DNA-binding protein 1 and confers protection against Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in mice. J Immunol (2005) 0.87
Lipid phenotype of two distinct subpopulations of Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Tokyo 172 substrain. J Biol Chem (2011) 0.87
The paralogous MarR/DUF24-family repressors YodB and CatR control expression of the catechol dioxygenase CatE in Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol (2010) 0.87
Direct oxidation of the [2Fe-2S] cluster in SoxR protein by superoxide: distinct differential sensitivity to superoxide-mediated signal transduction. J Biol Chem (2012) 0.87
Mycobacterium lentiflavum ileitis using aspirated intestinal fluid during endoscopy in HIV-infected patient. Dig Endosc (2011) 0.86
Important roles of Tyr43 at the putative heme distal side in the oxygen recognition and stability of the Fe(II)-O2 complex of YddV, a globin-coupled heme-based oxygen sensor diguanylate cyclase. Biochemistry (2010) 0.86
Isolation and characterization of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 from beef, pork and cattle fecal samples in Changchun, China. J Vet Med Sci (2002) 0.86
Formation of spectral intermediate G-C and A-T anion complex in duplex DNA studied by pulse radiolysis. J Am Chem Soc (2008) 0.86