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Potential applications of lactic acid bacteria and bacteriocins in anti-mycobacterial therapy by Sivaraj, Anbarasu, Sundar, Revathy, Manikkam, Radhakrishnan, Parthasarathy, Krupakar, Rani, Uma, Kumar, Vanaja

“…Tuberculosis (TB) is a communicable disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis). WHO estimated that 10.4 million new (incident) TB cases…”
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Synthesis, antimycobacterial activity evaluation, and QSAR studies of chalcone derivatives by Sivakumar, P.M., Seenivasan, S. Prabu, Kumar, Vanaja, Doble, Mukesh

“…Twenty-five chalcones were synthesized, and their activity was evaluated by luciferase reporter phage (LRP) assay, and quantitative structure–activity…”
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High rates of ofloxacin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis among both new and previously treated patients in Tamil Nadu, South India by Selvakumar, N, Kumar, Vanaja, Balaji, S, Prabuseenivasan, S, Radhakrishnan, R, Sekar, Gomathi, Chandrasekaran, V, Kannan, T, Thomas, Aleyamma, Arunagiri, S, Dewan, Puneet, Swaminathan, Soumya

“…Periodic drug resistance surveillance provides useful information on trends of drug resistance and effectiveness of tuberculosis (TB) control measures. The…”
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Phage lysin to control the overgrowth of normal flora in processed sputum samples for the rapid and sensitive detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by luciferase reporter phage assay by Subramanyam, Balaji, Sivaramakrishnan, Gomathi, Dusthackeer, Azger, Kumar, Vanaja

“…Phage lysin, extracted from three bacteriophages was used in place of antibiotics to control the overgrowth of normal flora in processed sputum samples leading…”
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Antitubercular activity of the pigment from forest soil Streptomyces sp SFA5 by Radhakrishnan Manikkam, Shekar Ponnuswamy, Jerrine Joseph, Vanaja Kumar

“…Extracellular pigment from the forest soil Streptomyces sp SFA5 was produced by submerged fermentation using yeast extract malt extract broth. Crude pigment…”
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In vitro antitubercular activity of Tridax procumbens extracts against whole cell Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its lysine aminotransferase by Thirunavukkarasu Rajasekar, Sivaraj Anbarasu, Manikkam Radhakrishnan, Joseph Jerrine, Kumar Vanaja

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Effect of bacteriophage lysin on lysogens by Subramanyam, Balaji, Kumar, Vanaja

“…Objective:To study the effect of phage lysin on the growth of lysogens.Methods:Sputum specimens processed by modified Petroff’s method were respectively…”
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Luciferase reporter phage phAE85 for rapid detection of rifampicin resistance in clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Sivaramakrishnan, Gomathi, Subramanyam, Balaji, C, Ponnuraja, Kumar, Vanaja

“…To evaluate luciferase reporter phage (LRP) phAE85 in rapid detection of rifampicin resistance in a region where TB is endemic. One hundred and ninety primary…”
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Newer diagnostic tools in tuberculosis by Anbarasu, S, Selvakumar, N, Vanaja, Kumar

“…Tuberculosis (TB) is a global health problem. Multi Drug Resistant TB (MDR-TB) and Extensively Drug Resistant TB (XDR-TB) cause high mortality. There are…”
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Influence of Irrigating Needle-Tip Designs in Removing Bacteria Inoculated Into Instrumented Root Canals Measured Using Single-Tube Luminometer by Vinothkumar, Thilla Sekar, BDS, Kavitha, Sanjeev, MDS, Lakshminarayanan, Lakshmikanthanbharathi, MDS, Gomathi, Narayanan Shivaram, MSc, Kumar, Vanaja, PhD

“…Abstract This study tested the mechanical efficacy of various irrigating needle tip designs on bacteria inoculated into instrumented root canals. Root canals…”
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Stratifying low level Isoniazid resistance using additional intermediate drug concentration by Lakshmi, Rajagopalan, Ramachandran, Ranjani, Sundar, A. Syam, Rahman, Fathima, Kumar, Vanaja

“…Abstract Isoniazid (INH) susceptibility testing for 100 Mycobacterium tuberculosis performed by conventional minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) method was…”
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Adequacy of Examining One Sputum Specimen in Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Surveys by Balaji, S, Kumar, Vanaja, Seenivasan, Prabu, Radhakrishnan, R, Sekar, Gomathi, Kannan, T, Chandrasekaran, V, Swaminathan, Soumya, Selvakumar, N

“…Abstract Objective/Background Collection of one spot and one morning sputum specimen is recommended for tuberculosis (TB) drug resistance surveys. This was a…”
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Pattern of ethionamide susceptibility and its association with isoniazid resistance among previously treated tuberculosis patients from India by Lakshmi, Rajagopalan, Kumar, Vanaja, Baskaran, Murugesan, Sundar, Syam, Rahman, Fathima, Selvakumar, Nagamaiah, Ramachandran, Ranjani

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Optimization of the conventional minimum inhibitory concentration method for drug susceptibility testing of ethionamide by Lakshmi, Rajagopalan, Ramachandran, Ranjani, Syam Sundar, A, Rehman, Fathima, Radhika, Golla, Kumar, Vanaja

“…Abstract Evaluation of newer methods and optimization of existing methods for the susceptibility testing of second-line drugs, especially ethionamide, are…”
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Retrieval of Mycobacterium tuberculosis cultures suspended in phosphate buffered saline by Dusthackeer, V.N. Azger, Nagarajan, P, Das, Dasarathi, Kumar, Vanaja, Selvakumar, N

“…Abstract One hundred and twenty-seven of 130 isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis , suspended in phosphate buffered saline (PBS) and stored at ambient…”
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Performance indicators of fluorescence microscopy for sputum samples in pulmonary tuberculosis by Selvakumar, N, Syam Sunder, A, Gomathi Sekar, M, Ponnuraja, C, Kumar, Vanaja

“…Abstract To get insight into the sensitivity of fluorescence microscopy for diagnostic and follow-up sputum samples from pulmonary tuberculosis patients in…”
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Quality indicators in a mycobacteriology laboratory supporting clinical trials for pulmonary tuberculosis by Selvakumar, N, Silambuchelvi, K, Gomathi Sekar, M, Syam Sunder, A, Anbarasu, S, Banu Rekha, V, Ponnuraja, C, Kumar, Vanaja

“…Abstract Background Documentation of structured quality indicators for mycobacteriology laboratories supporting exclusively controlled clinical trials in…”
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Synonymous Codon Usage Analysis of Thirty Two Mycobacteriophage Genomes by Hassan, Sameer, Mahalingam, Vasantha, Kumar, Vanaja

“…Synonymous codon usage of protein coding genes of thirty two completely sequenced mycobacteriophage genomes was studied using multivariate statistical…”
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Commercial Yeast Extracts Mediated Green Synthesis of Silver Chloride Nanoparticles and their Anti-mycobacterial Activity by Sivaraj, Anbarasu, Kumar, Vanaja, Sunder, Revathy, Parthasarathy, Krupakar, Kasivelu, Govindaraju

“…Green synthesis of silver chloride nanoparticles ( AgCl NPs ) using commercial yeast extract has been carried out. The physico–chemical characterizations of…”
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Reliability of Mycobacterial Growth Indicator Tube (MGIT) 960 for the detection of isoniazid resistance in a tuberculosis endemic setting by Gomathi, N, Kumar, Vanaja

“…According to Van Deun [11] reporting IR strain as susceptible is accep[Table 1]n case of INH. [...]with less number of IR to INH, DST by MGIT 960 can be…”
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