MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mycobacterium tuberculosis mean? 

• MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS (noun)
  The noun MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS has 1 sense:

1. cause of tuberculosis

  Familiarity information: MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause of tuberculosis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Mycobacterium tuberculosis; tubercle bacillus

Hypernyms ("Mycobacterium tuberculosis" is a kind of...):

mycobacteria; mycobacterium (rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases)

 Context examples 

A species of Mycobacterium that is a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.

(Mycobacterium africanum, NCI Thesaurus)

Cloxyquin is reported to have activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, including strains that show resistance to common first-line antibacterial agents.

(Cloxyquin, NCI Thesaurus)

A non taxonomic grouping of bacteria assigned to and including related species from the Mycobacterium genus not including those bacteria in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.

(Mycobacterium fortuitum Complex, NCI Thesaurus)

Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

(Mycobacterium tuberculosis, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The determination of the amount of Mycobacterium tuberculosis nucleic acid present in a sample.

(Mycobacterium tuberculosis Nucleic Acid Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

Vaccination with BCG may be immunoprotective against infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

(BCG, NCI Thesaurus)

Vaccination with BCG vaccine may be immunoprotective against infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

(BCG Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Any agent that is active against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and can be used in the treatment of or in the prevention of tuberculosis.

(Antitubercular Agent, NCI Thesaurus)

A thiosemicarbazone antimycobacterial agent with activity against isoniazid-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

(Amithiozone, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the amount of interferon gamma that is released when Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen is incubated with a biological specimen, usually blood.

(Mycobacterium tuberculosis Interferon Gamma Response, NCI Thesaurus)