hexacosanoic acid/tuberculosis

A fast gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) method with minimum sample preparation is described for early diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB). The automated procedure is based on the injection of sputum samples which are then methylated inside the GC injector using thermally assisted hydrolysis

Two simplified methods based on manual thermally-assisted hydrolysis and methylation (THM) GC and GC × GC with flame ionization detection (FID) were developed for the detection of mycobacteria and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) in sputum. A central composite design was employed to optimize the THM

Three Mycobacterium genavense strains and three American Type Culture Collection reference strains each of Mycobacterium fortuitum, Mycobacterium simiae, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis were subcultured onto Mycobacteria 7H11 agar (Difco Laboratories, Detroit, Mich.) supplemented with mycobactin J

Although isoniazid (isonicotinic acid hydrazide, INH) is widely used for the treatment of tuberculosis, its molecular target has remained elusive. In response to INH treatment, saturated hexacosanoic acid (C26:0) accumulated on a 12-kilodalton acyl carrier protein (AcpM) that normally carried

Recently, thermally-assisted hydrolysis and methylation followed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (THM-GC-MS) in combination with chemometrics has been used to develop a 20-compound model for fast differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) from Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in

Capillary gas chromatography of cellular fatty acids and alcohols has been used as a routine method for a period of two years in the mycobacterial diagnostic laboratory of Statens institutt for folkehelse, Oslo, Norway. All mycobacteria (165 isolates) other than Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MOTT) and

The mechanism of action of isoniazid (INH), a first-line antituberculosis drug, is complex, as mutations in at least five different genes (katG, inhA, ahpC, kasA, and ndh) have been found to correlate with isoniazid resistance. Despite this complexity, a preponderance of evidence implicates inhA,