scholarly journals Correction: Immunological detection of pyrazine-2-carboxylic acid for the detection of pyrazinamide resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. e0259439
Author(s):  
Edgar A. Florentini ◽  
Noelia Angulo ◽  
Robert H. Gilman ◽  
Roberto Alcántara ◽  
Elisa Roncal ◽  
...  
1982 ◽  
Vol 89 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. H. Collins ◽  
M. D. Yates ◽  
J. M. Grange

SUMMARYVirulent strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from humans are divisible into five variants by using four tests: oxygen requirement (aerobic or microaerophilic), nitrate reductase activity, susceptibility to pyrazinamide (60 μg/ml) and susceptibility to thiophene-2-carboxylic acid hydrazide (5 μg/ml). The five variants are referred to as Classical human, Asian human, bovine, African I and African II. The relation of these variants to previously described types is discussed. This simple division has been shown to be useful in epidemiological studies.


1985 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Grange ◽  
M. D. Yates ◽  
C. H. Collins

SUMMARYHuman strains ofMycobacterium tuberculosiswere divided into the ‘Classical’ and ‘Asian’ types according to their sensitivity to thiophen-2-carboxylic acid hydrazide. The isolation of these two types in South-East England was studied during a seven-year period (1977–1983). The ‘Asian’ type was more prevalent among ethnic Asian patients than among ethnic Europeans. Among Europeans there was a decline in the isolation rate of ‘Classical’ strains and a small but significant increase in ‘Asian’ strains during the study period, so that the proportion of the latter type in this group is increasing. The type of bacillus was unrelated to the site of isolation except that the incidence of lymphadenitis due to the ‘Asian’ type among European females was significantly higher than expected. In general, European patients tended to be older than Asian patients, and the differences in age distribution according to site of isolation and type of bacillus in each ethnic group were small. A notable exception occurred with European females infected with the ‘Asian’ type, whose age distribution was similar to the Asians.In view of the differences in behaviour of the two types of human tubercle bacilli in this country there is a need to cintinue a bacteriological surveillance and also to determine whether the nature of the host–pathogen interaction varies according to the type of bacillus.


1953 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 126-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshiyuki Takata ◽  
Ken-ichi Yamamoto ◽  
Yoshihiro Takata

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