Browsing by Subject "BCG"

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    • The Type of Growth Medium Affects the Presence of a Mycobacterial Capsule and Is Associated With Differences ... 
      Prados Rosales, Rafael; Carreño Márquez, Leandro Javier; Weinrick, Brian; Batista González, Ana; Glatman Freedman, Aarona; Jiayong, Xu; Chan, John; William R., Jacobs Jr.; Porcelli, Steven A.; Casadevall, Arturo (2016)
      Background. Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine is widely used for the prevention of tuberculosis, despite limited efficacy. Most immunological studies of BCG or Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains grow bacteria in the ...
    • Tissue specific diversification, virulence and immune response to Mycobacterium bovis BCG in a patient with ... 
      Korol, Cecilia B.; Shallom, Shamira J.; Arora, Kriti; Boshoff, Helena I.; Freeman, Alexandra F.; King, Alejandra; Agrawal, Sonia; Daugherty, Sean C.; Jancel, Timothy; Kabat, Juraj; Ganesan, Sundar; Torrero, Marina N.; Sampaio, Elizabeth P.; Barry, Clifton; Holland, Steve M.; Tettelin, Herve; Rosenzweig, Sergio D.; Zelazny, Adrian M. (2020)
      We characterized Mycobacterium bovis BCG isolates found in lung and brain samples from a previously vaccinated patient with IFN gamma R1 deficiency. The isolates collected displayed distinct genomic and phenotypic features ...