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Multilocus Sequence Analysis and rpoB Sequencing of Mycobacterium abscessus (Sensu Lato) Strains by Macheras, Edouard, Roux, Anne-Laure, Bastian, Sylvaine, Leão, Sylvia Cardoso, Palaci, Moises, Sivadon-Tardy, Valérie, Gutierrez, Cristina, Richter, Elvira, Rüsch-Gerdes, Sabine, Pfyffer, Gaby, Bodmer, Thomas, Cambau, Emmanuelle, Gaillard, Jean-Louis, Heym, Beate

“…Mycobacterium abscessus, Mycobacterium bolletii, and Mycobacterium massiliense (Mycobacterium abscessus sensu lato) are closely related species that currently…”
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Molecular Characterization of Mycobacterium massiliense and Mycobacterium bolletii in Isolates Collected from Outbreaks of Infections after Laparoscopic Surgeries and Cosmetic Procedures by Viana-Niero, Cristina, Lima, Karla Valéria Batista, Lopes, Maria Luiza, da Silva Rabello, Michelle Christiane, Marsola, Lourival Rodrigues, Brilhante, Vânia Cristina Ribeiro, Durham, Alan Mitchel, Leão, Sylvia Cardoso

“…An outbreak of infections affecting 311 patients who had undergone different invasive procedures occurred in 2004 and 2005 in the city of Belém, in the…”
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Diversity of Mycobacteriaceae from aquatic environment at the São Paulo Zoological Park Foundation in Brazil by Romagnoli, Camila Lopes, Pellegrino, Katia Cristina Machado, Silva, Natalia Maria, Brianesi, Urze Adomaitis, Leão, Sylvia Cardoso, Rabello, Michelle Christiane da Silva, Viana-Niero, Cristina

“…We investigated the species diversity of Mycobacteriaceae in surface water samples from six environments at the zoological park in São Paulo, Brazil. Three…”
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Description of new species of Mycobacterium terrae complex isolated from sewage at the São Paulo zoological park foundation in Brazil by Romagnoli, Camila Lopes, Conceição, Emilyn Costa, Machado, Edson, Barreto, Leonardo Bruno Paz Ferreira, Sharma, Abhinav, Silva, Natalia Maria, Marques, Lucas Evangelista, Juliano, Maria Aparecida, da Silva Lourenço, Maria Cristina, Digiampietri, Luciano Antonio, Suffys, Philip Noel, Leão, Sylvia Cardoso, Viana-Niero, Cristina

“…Five mycobacterial isolates from sewage were classified as members of the genus but presented inconclusive species assignments. Thus, the isolates (MYC017,…”
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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 by Leao, Sylvia Cardoso, Tortoli, Enrico, Viana-Niero, Cristina, Ueki, Suely Yoko Mizuka, Lima, Karla Valeria Batista, Lopes, Maria Luiza, Yubero, Jesus, Menendez, Maria Carmen, Garcia, Maria Jesus

“…An outbreak of postsurgical infections caused by rapidly growing mycobacteria has been ongoing in Brazil since 2004. The degrees of similarity of the rpoB and…”
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Diversity of Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Patterns of Mycobacterium abscessus Type 2 Clinical Isolates by Matsumoto, Cristianne Kayoko, Chimara, Erica, Bombarda, Sidney, Duarte, Rafael Silva, Leão, Sylvia Cardoso

“…An epidemic of infections by rapidly growing mycobacteria related to surgical procedures between 2004 and 2008 in Brazil was caused by a unique strain showing…”
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Frequency of first and second-line drug resistance-associated mutations among resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates from São Paulo, Brazil by Matsui, Tania, Pinhata, Juliana Maíra Watanabe, Rabello, Michelle Christiane da Silva, Brandão, Angela Pires, Ferrazoli, Lucilaine, Leão, Sylvia Cardoso, Viana-Niero, Cristina, Oliveira, Rosangela Siqueira de

“…BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and the number of new cases of multidrug resistant TB…”
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Increased survival and proliferation of the epidemic strain Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. massiliense CRM0019 in alveolar epithelial cells by Ribeiro, Giovanni Monteiro, Matsumoto, Cristianne Kayoko, Real, Fernando, Teixeira, Daniela, Duarte, Rafael Silva, Mortara, Renato Arruda, Leão, Sylvia Cardoso, de Souza Carvalho-Wodarz, Cristiane

“…Outbreaks of infections caused by rapidly growing mycobacteria have been reported worldwide generally associated with medical procedures. Mycobacterium…”
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Mycobacterium franklinii sp. nov., a species closely related to members of the Mycobacterium chelonae-Mycobacterium abscessus group by Lourenço Nogueira, Christiane, Simmon, Keith E, Chimara, Erica, Cnockaert, Margo, Carlos Palomino, Juan, Martin, Anandi, Vandamme, Peter, Brown-Elliott, Barbara A, Wallace, Jr, Richard, Cardoso Leão, Sylvia

“…Two isolates from water, D16Q19 and D16R27, were shown to be highly similar in their 16S rRNA, 16S-23S internal transcribed spacer (ITS), hsp65 and rpoB gene…”
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Multi-Approach Characterization of Novel Pyrene-Degrading Mycolicibacterium austroafricanum Isolates Lacking nid Genes by Silva, Natalia Maria, Romagnoli, Camila Lopes, Santiago, Caio Rafael do Nascimento, de Lacerda, João Paulo Amorim, Leão, Sylvia Cardoso, Digiampietri, Luciano Antonio, Viana-Niero, Cristina

“…Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are chemical compounds that are widespread in the environment, arising from the incomplete combustion of organic…”
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Emergence of nosocomial Mycobacterium massiliense infection in Goiás, Brazil by Cardoso, Alessandra Marques, Martins de Sousa, Eduardo, Viana-Niero, Cristina, Bonfim de Bortoli, Fernando, Pereira das Neves, Zilah Cândida, Leão, Sylvia Cardoso, Junqueira-Kipnis, Ana Paula, Kipnis, André

“…A cluster of surgical site infection cases after arthroscopic and laparoscopic procedures occurred between 2005 and 2007 in Goiânia, in the central region of…”
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Outbreak of Keratitis Caused by Mycobacterium immunogenum by Sampaio, Jorge Luiz Mello, Nassar Junior, Doraldo, Freitas, Denise de, Höfling-Lima, Ana Luisa, Miyashiro, Kozue, Alberto, Fernando Lopes, Leão, Sylvia Cardoso

“…From 8 October to 12 November 2003, 36 patients underwent surgical correction of myopia in a São Paulo, Brazil, clinic. Five patients had clinical signs of…”
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Characterization of mycobacteria and mycobacteriophages isolated from compost at the São Paulo Zoo Park Foundation in Brazil and creation of the new mycobacteriophage Cluster U by Lima-Junior, James Daltro, Viana-Niero, Cristina, Conde Oliveira, Daniel V, Machado, Gabriel Esquitini, Rabello, Michelle Cristiane da Silva, Martins-Junior, Joaquim, Martins, Layla Farage, Digiampietri, Luciano Antonio, da Silva, Aline Maria, Setubal, João Carlos, Russell, Daniel A, Jacobs-Sera, Deborah, Pope, Welkin H, Hatfull, Graham F, Leão, Sylvia Cardoso

“…A large collection of sequenced mycobacteriophages capable of infecting a single host strain of Mycobacterium smegmatis shows considerable genomic diversity…”
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First description of natural and experimental conjugation between Mycobacteria mediated by a linear plasmid by Rabello, Michelle Christiane da Silva, Matsumoto, Cristianne Kayoko, Almeida, Luiz Gonzaga Paula de, Menendez, Maria Carmen, Oliveira, Rosangela Siqueira de, Silva, Rosa Maria, Garcia, Maria Jesus, Leão, Sylvia Cardoso

“…In a previous study, we detected the presence of a Mycobacterium avium species-specific insertion sequence, IS1245, in Mycobacterium kansasii. Both species…”
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Emended description of Mycobacterium abscessus, Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. abscessus and Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii and designation of Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. massiliense comb. nov by Tortoli, Enrico, Kohl, Thomas A., Brown-Elliott, Barbara A., Trovato, Alberto, Leão, Sylvia Cardoso, Garcia, Maria Jesus, Vasireddy, Sruthi, Turenne, Christine Y., Griffith, David E., Philley, Julie V., Baldan, Rossella, Campana, Silvia, Cariani, Lisa, Colombo, Carla, Taccetti, Giovanni, Teri, Antonio, Niemann, Stefan, Wallace Jr, Richard J., Cirillo, Daniela M.

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Difference in virulence of Mycobacterium avium isolates sharing indistinguishable DNA fingerprint determined in murine model of lung infection by Amaral, Eduardo Pinheiro, Kipnis, Thereza Liberman, de Carvalho, Eulógio Carlos Queiróz, da Silva, Wilmar Dias, Leão, Sylvia Cardoso, Lasunskaia, Elena B

“…Opportunistic Mycobacterium avium typically causes disease in immunocompromised patients and in some groups of apparently healthy individuals. The high…”
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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 by Leao, Sylvia Cardoso, Tortoli, Enrico, Euzéby, Jean Paul, Garcia, Maria Jesus

“…The names ‘Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. abscessus’ and ‘Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. massiliense’, proposed by Leao et al. (2009, J Clin Microbiol 47,…”
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TGF-β-mediated sustained ERK1/2 activity promotes the inhibition of intracellular growth of Mycobacterium avium in epithelioid cells surrogates by L'Abbate, Carolina, Cipriano, Ivone, Pérez-Hurtado, Elizabeth Cristina, Leão, Sylvia Cardoso, Carneiro, Célia Regina Whitaker, Machado, Jr, Joel

“…Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of several diseases including infection with intracellular pathogens such as…”
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Rapid tests for the detection of the Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii strain responsible for an epidemic of surgical-site infections in Brazil by Matsumoto, Cristianne Kayoko, Chimara, Erica, Ramos, Jesus Pais, Campos, Carlos Eduardo Dias, Caldas, Paulo Cesar de Souza, Lima, Karla Valeria Batista, Lopes, Maria Luiza, Duarte, Rafael Silva, Leão, Sylvia Cardoso

“…A single strain of Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii, characterised by a particular rpoB sequevar and two highly related pulsed field gel electrophoresis…”
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Natural Occurrence of Horizontal Transfer of Mycobacterium avium- Specific Insertion Sequence IS1245 to Mycobacterium kansasii by da Silva Rabello, Michelle Christiane, de Oliveira, Rosangela Siqueira, Silva, Rosa Maria, Leao, Sylvia Cardoso

“…Mycobacterium kansasii carrying IS1245, a highly prevalent insertion sequence among Mycobacterium avium isolates, was detected in a mixed culture of M. avium…”
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