mycobacterium

Converse of object

use: BCG immunization ( against tuberculosis, using a mycobacterium ) may have a protective effect.

Adjective modifier

• atypical: Bacteria similar to tuberculosis ( called ' atypical mycobacteria ' ) can give rise to a condition which usually infects children.
• other: Research associated with the trial include patterns of response to BCG according to previous vaccination and skin reactions to other mycobacteria and to PPD.
• environmental: There is extensive literature supporting the view that prior exposure to environmental mycobacteria compromises vaccination in both humans and cattle.
• intracellular: Human BCG vaccination induces immune memory with enhanced inhibitory activity against intracellular mycobacteria.

Modifies a noun

• avium: Benson C 1994 Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium complex disease in patients with HIV infection.
• bovis: Bovine TB Bovine tuberculosis is a disease caused by infection of cattle with Mycobacterium bovis, an organism which also can infect humans.
• leprae: These drugs could prove useful in strains of Mycobacterium leprae which were previously drug resistant.
• paratuberculosis: Johne's disease is an intestinal disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium paratuberculosis in cattle.
• tuberculosis: Mycobacterium tuberculosis is not easy to grow in vitro.
• vaccae: Immunotherapy with Mycobacterium vaccae in patients with newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis: a randomized control trial.

Noun used with modifier

• bacterium: Tuberculosis is a disease caused by an infection with the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
• bacillus: The entire sequence of the genome of the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae is now available to research scientists.
• tuberculosis: Etiology of tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis is an intracellular pathogen.
• TB: For example the glutaraldehyde is 100 times less active against the TB mycobacterium at 20°C than at 25°C.
• organism: Tuberculosis is a disease, which is caused by the organism Mycobacterium tuberculosis.