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mycobacterium Definition

myco·bac·teri·um (mī′kō bak tirē əm)

noun pl. -·ria

any of a genus (Mycobacterium) of rod-shaped, Gram-positive bacteria, as those causing tuberculosis and leprosy

Etymology: ModL: see myco- & bacteria

mycobacterium Usage Examples

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.

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