Definition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

1. Noun. Cause of tuberculosis.

Exact synonyms: Tubercle Bacillus
Generic synonyms: Mycobacteria, Mycobacterium

Medical Definition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

1. The Gram-positive bacterium that causes tuberculosis. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection
mycobacterium avium complex
mycobacterium avium complex disease
mycobacterium bovis
mycobacterium chelonae
mycobacterium fortuitum
mycobacterium haemophilum
mycobacterium infections
mycobacterium kansasii
mycobacterium leprae
mycobacterium lepraemurium
mycobacterium marinum
mycobacterium paratuberculosis
mycobacterium phlei
mycobacterium scrofulaceum
mycobacterium tuberculosis (current term)
mycobacterium ulcerans
mycobacterium xenopi
mycobactin
mycobiont
mycocerosic acid synthase
mycocide
mycoderma
mycodermatitis
mycoestrogen
mycoestrogens
mycoflora
mycoflorae
mycofloras
mycogastritis

Literary usage of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lessons and Laboratory Exercises in Bacteriology: An Outline of Technical by Allen John Smith (1902)
"Staining of mycobacterium tuberculosis and Allied Forms.—The m yen- bacterium of tuberculosis is especially resistant to staining, and having been once ..."

2. Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories edited by Jonathan Y. Richmond, Robert W. McKinney (1994)
"Agent: mycobacterium tuberculosis, M. bo vis mycobacterium tuberculosis and M. bovis infections are a proven hazard to laboratory personnel as well as ..."

3. Screening for Infectious Diseases Among Substance Abusers: A Treatment by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"Approach to selecting drug regimens for preventive therapy candidates by likelihood of infection with multidrug-resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis and by ..."

4. Enforcement Procedures And Scheduling For Occupational Exposure To Tuberculosisby DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"Isolation and identification of mycobacterium tuberculosis. Atlanta: US Department of Heaith and Human Services, Public Health Service, CDC, ..."

5. Atlas and Principles of Bacteriology by Karl Bernhard Lehmann, Rudolf Otto Neumann, George H. Weaver (1901)
"It is not coagulated, and after one to three months takes on a dark violet-gray color, the pigment being soluble in alcohol. mycobacterium tuberculosis S ..."

6. Treating Infectious Diseases in a Microbial World: Report of Two Workshops by National Research Council (2006)
"... drug active on the ATP synthase of mycobacterium tuberculosis. ... in vivo survival and the emergence of drug resistance in mycobacterium tuberculosis. ..."

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