The new blood test promises to provide that speedy diagnosis. Investigators say it can tell within hours whether someone is infected with mycobacterium, the pathogen that causes tuberculosis.
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Mycobacterium
Synonyms for "mycobacterium" (2 found)
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5 translations across 5 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- micobacteri noun (bacterium of the genus Mycobacterium)
Czech
1 entries- mykobakterie noun (bacterium of the genus Mycobacterium)
Finnish
1 entries- mykobakteeri noun (bacterium of the genus Mycobacterium)
Greek
1 entries- μυκοβακτήριο noun (bacterium of the genus Mycobacterium)
Spanish
1 entries- micobacteria noun (bacterium of the genus Mycobacterium)
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Until now, scientists couldn’t distinguish the silent bacteria from the active ones to know whether dormant mycobacterium were being killed by different compounds. Abramovitch and colleagues developed a strain of the pathogen that glows bright green. They found it stopped glowing after artemisinin came into contact with the mycobacteria’s oxygen biosensor, presumably dying.
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