Bacterial infection Mycobacterium tuberculosis

AIDS is a life-threatening disorder because of the susceptibility of the immunocompromised patient to severe infections and certain forms of cancer.65 73 76 101.113 [n particular, patients with AIDS often suffer from severe viral infections (CMV, various herpesvirus infections), bacterial infections (Mycobacterium tuberculosis), fungal infections (Pneumocystis jiroveri), and infections caused by various other microbes and parasites. Patients with AIDS also develop relatively unusual neoplastic diseases, such as Kaposi sarcoma. 

There are three categories of bacterial pathogens. Obligate pathogens are those bacteria that must cause disease in order to be transmitted from one host to another. These bacteria must also infect a host in order to survive, in contrast to other bacteria that are capable of survival outside of a host. Examples of obligate bacterial pathogens include Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Treponema pallidum. 

Mycobacterium tuberculosis LX are negative regulators of the THl response to mycobacterial infection Transgenic animals deficient in producing lipoxins have elevated levels of interleukin-12, interferon-y and nitric oxide synthase 2 mRNA, as weU as decreased bacterial burden in lung tissue Bafica et al. 2005... 

Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease that has been known from the earliest of recorded history. It is characterized as a chronic bacterial infection caused by Mycobacterium... 

The causative bacterial agent of tuberculosis is Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Brighenti and Term, 2012 Bueno, 2012). The infection starts by inhalation of... 

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