Published in Int J Syst Evol Microbiol on July 22, 2009
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Snapshot of moving and expanding clones of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and their global distribution assessed by spoligotyping in an international study. J Clin Microbiol (2003) 4.19
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Molecular evidence to support a proposal to reserve the designation Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium for bird-type isolates and 'M. avium subsp. hominissuis' for the human/porcine type of M. avium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol (2002) 3.02
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Proposal that Mycobacterium massiliense and Mycobacterium bolletii be united and reclassified as Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii comb. nov., designation of Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. abscessus subsp. nov. and emended description of Mycobacterium abscessus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol (2010) 2.80
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Novel genetic polymorphisms that further delineate the phylogeny of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. J Bacteriol (2006) 2.55
A dose-ranging trial to optimize the dose of rifampin in the treatment of tuberculosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2015) 2.48
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A multi-country non-inferiority cluster randomized trial of frontloaded smear microscopy for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis. PLoS Med (2011) 2.38
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Protection of macaques against Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection by a subunit vaccine based on a fusion protein of antigen 85B and ESAT-6. Vaccine (2005) 2.31
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The pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex disease treatment. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2012) 1.94
Use of variable-number tandem-repeat typing to differentiate Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing family isolates from Hong Kong and comparison with IS6110 restriction fragment length polymorphism typing and spoligotyping. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 1.87
Nontuberculous mycobacterial infection in children: a 2-year prospective surveillance study in the Netherlands. Clin Infect Dis (2004) 1.85
Nontuberculous mycobacteria in respiratory tract infections, eastern Asia. Emerg Infect Dis (2011) 1.85
Tuberculin skin testing and in vitro T cell responses to ESAT-6 and culture filtrate protein 10 after infection with Mycobacterium marinum or M. kansasii. J Infect Dis (2002) 1.84
Treatment with highly active antiretroviral therapy in human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected children is associated with a sustained effect on growth. Pediatrics (2002) 1.82
Clinical relevance of Mycobacterium chelonae-abscessus group isolation in 95 patients. J Infect (2009) 1.80
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Characterization of mycobacteria from a major Brazilian outbreak suggests that revision of the taxonomic status of members of the Mycobacterium chelonae-M. abscessus group is needed. J Clin Microbiol (2009) 1.79
Tuberculosis outbreaks predicted by characteristics of first patients in a DNA fingerprint cluster. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2008) 1.78
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Discriminatory power and reproducibility of novel DNA typing methods for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains. J Clin Microbiol (2005) 1.73
Antituberculosis drug resistance in the south of Vietnam: prevalence and trends. J Infect Dis (2006) 1.73
An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement: update on limb muscle dysfunction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2014) 1.73
Validation of pncA gene sequencing in combination with the mycobacterial growth indicator tube method to test susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to pyrazinamide. J Clin Microbiol (2011) 1.67
Drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex by use of a high-throughput, reproducible, absolute concentration method. J Clin Microbiol (2007) 1.65
Characterization of Mycobacterium orygis as M. tuberculosis complex subspecies. Emerg Infect Dis (2012) 1.65
Extensive genomic polymorphism within Mycobacterium avium. J Bacteriol (2004) 1.61
A new type of radiosensitive T-B-NK+ severe combined immunodeficiency caused by a LIG4 mutation. J Clin Invest (2005) 1.59
Application of sensitive and specific molecular methods to uncover global dissemination of the major RDRio Sublineage of the Latin American-Mediterranean Mycobacterium tuberculosis spoligotype family. J Clin Microbiol (2008) 1.59
Microevolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a tuberculosis patient. J Clin Microbiol (2010) 1.58
Drug susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype and association with MDR TB. Emerg Infect Dis (2012) 1.57
Pulmonary Mycobacterium szulgai infection and treatment in a patient receiving anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy. Nat Clin Pract Rheumatol (2007) 1.57
M. tuberculosis genotypic diversity and drug susceptibility pattern in HIV-infected and non-HIV-infected patients in northern Tanzania. BMC Microbiol (2007) 1.57
First worldwide proficiency study on variable-number tandem-repeat typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains. J Clin Microbiol (2011) 1.57
High incidence of adverse events in healthy volunteers receiving rifampicin and adjusted doses of lopinavir/ritonavir tablets. AIDS (2008) 1.55
Mycobacterium avium in a shower linked to pulmonary disease. J Water Health (2008) 1.54
Macrolide resistance determination and molecular typing of Mycoplasma pneumoniae by pyrosequencing. J Microbiol Methods (2010) 1.53
Comparison of PCR with the routine procedure for diagnosis of tuberculosis in a population with high prevalences of tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus. J Clin Microbiol (2004) 1.53
High-resolution typing by integration of genome sequencing data in a large tuberculosis cluster. J Clin Microbiol (2010) 1.52
Validation of the GenoType MTBDRplus assay for diagnosis of multidrug resistant tuberculosis in South Vietnam. BMC Infect Dis (2010) 1.52
Why Do We Use 600 mg of Rifampicin in Tuberculosis Treatment? Clin Infect Dis (2011) 1.52
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Invasive disease caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria, Tanzania. Emerg Infect Dis (2009) 1.51
Toll-like receptor 4 signaling in ventilator-induced diaphragm atrophy. Anesthesiology (2012) 1.51
Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains of the Beijing genotype are rarely observed in tuberculosis patients in South America. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz (2008) 1.51
New drugs against tuberculosis: problems, progress, and evaluation of agents in clinical development. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2008) 1.50
Mycobacterial disease in patients with rheumatic disease. Nat Clin Pract Rheumatol (2008) 1.50
Mycobacterium colombiense sp. nov., a novel member of the Mycobacterium avium complex and description of MAC-X as a new ITS genetic variant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol (2006) 1.49
Sequence variations in RepMP2/3 and RepMP4 elements reveal intragenomic homologous DNA recombination events in Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Microbiology (2009) 1.48
Beijing genotype of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is significantly associated with human immunodeficiency virus infection and multidrug resistance in cases of tuberculous meningitis. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 1.47
Time-kill kinetics of anti-tuberculosis drugs, and emergence of resistance, in relation to metabolic activity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Antimicrob Chemother (2010) 1.47
Spoligotyping and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Emerg Infect Dis (2005) 1.46
Systemic inflammatory response to exhaustive exercise in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Respir Med (2005) 1.46
Treatable factors associated with severe anaemia in adults admitted to medical wards in Blantyre, Malawi, an area of high HIV seroprevalence. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (2005) 1.46