Gyanu lamichhane biography sampler
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Open Access
Peer-reviewed
- Stephanie L. Davis,
- Nicholas A. Be,
- Gyanu Lamichhane,
- Sridhar Nimmagadda,
- Martin G. Pomper,
- William R. Bishai,
- Sanjay K. Jain
- Stephanie L. Davis,
- Nicholas A. Be,
- Gyanu Lamichhane,
- Sridhar Nimmagadda,
- Martin G. Pomper,
- William R. Bishai,
- Sanjay K. Jain
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Abstract
Background
Bacteria can be selectively imaged in experimentally-infected animals using exogenously administered 1-(2′deoxy-2′-fluoro-β-D-arabinofuranosyl)-5-[125I]-iodouracil ([125I]-FIAU), a nucleoside analog substrate for bacterial thymidine kinase (TK). Our goal was to use this reporter and develop non-invasive methods to detect and localize Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Methodology/Principal Findings
We engineered a M. tuberculosis strain with chromosomally integrated bacterial TK under the control of hsp60 - a strong constitutive mycobacterial promoter. [125I]FIAU uptake, antimic
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ABSTRACT
The clinical importance of Mycobacterium abscessus (MABS) pulmonary disease has been increasing. However, there is still a lack of information about MIC distribution patterns and changes in clinical practice settings. The MIC results of rapidly growing mycobacteria isolated from 92 patients with nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease diagnosed from May 2019 to March 2021 were retrospectively analyzed. Most of the patients (86 patients; 93.5%) were infected with MABS; 46 with Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. abscessus (Mab), and 40 with Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. massiliense (Mma). Significant differences in susceptibility to clarithromycin (15.2% versus 80.0%, P < 0.001) and azithromycin (8.7% versus 62.5%, P < 0.001) were observed between Mab and Mma. Most isolates were susceptible to amikacin (80; 93.0%), and over half were susceptible to linezolid (48; 55.8%). Only one-quarter of isolates (22, 25.6%) were susceptible to imipenem, while more
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