481 results about "Tuberculosis Disease" patented technology

The present invention is based on the identification and characterization of a number of novel M. tuberculosis derived proteins and protein fragments. The invention is directed to the polypeptides and immunologically active fragments thereof, the genes encoding them, immunological compositions such as vaccines and skin test reagents containing the polypeptides.

The present invention discloses fusion proteins of the immunodominant antigens ESAT-6 and Ag85B from Mycobacterium tuberculosis or homologues thereof, and a tuberculosis vaccine based on the fusion proteins, which vaccine induces efficient immunological memory.

A method for treatment of bacterial infections with rifalazil administered once-weekly or twice-weekly. A method for treatment of tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, infections caused by Mycobacterium avium complex, infections caused by Chlamydia pneumoniae and infections caused by Helicobacter pylori by administering to a patient suffering from the bacterial infection 1-100 mg of rifalazil once or twice a week. In this dose regimen, the treatment is fast, efficacious and eliminates undesirable secondary symptoms observed with daily doses of 1-50 mg of rifalazil.

The present invention relates to fusion proteins containing at least two Mycobacterium species antigens. In particular, it relates to nucleic acids encoding fusion proteins that include two or more individual M. tuberculosis antigens, which increase serological sensitivity of sera from individuals infected with tuberculosis, and methods for their use in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of tuberculosis infection.

Compounds and methods for diagnosing tuberculosis or for inducing protective immunity against tuberculosis are disclosed. The compounds provided include polypeptides that contain at least one immunogenic portion of one or more Mycobacterium proteins and DNA molecules encoding such polypeptides. Diagnostic kits containing such polypeptides or DNA sequences and a suitable detection reagent may be used for the detection of Mycobacterium infection in patients and biological samples. Antibodies directed against such polypeptides are also provided. In addition, such compounds may be formulated into vaccines and / or pharmaceutical compositions for immunization against Mycobacterium infection.

The present invention concerns methods for in vitro detection of an infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis in mammals, and methods for in vitro distinction between mammals infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in which the disease is declared (active form) and mammals which are infected but asymptomatic for tuberculosis (latent form), and a method for in vitro distinction between mammals presenting an active form of tuberculosis and mammals not infected by M. tuberculosis or presenting a latent form of tuberculosis. The present invention also pertains to kits for detection and distinction between infected mammals presenting tuberculosis symptoms and infected mammals with no disease development, and a kit for distinguishing between mammals presenting an active form of tuberculosis and mammals not infected by M. tuberculosis or presenting a latent form of tuberculosis.

The present invention relates to a method of diagnosing and monitoring various distinct presentations of tuberculosis: active tuberculosis disease, latent tuberculosis infection and recent tuberculosis infection. The rapid immune assay is based on the evaluation of the frequency of Interferon (IFN) gamma-producing antigen-specific T lymphocytes responding to selected peptide sequences from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, selected for their immunogenicity. The invention concerns also immunogenic and vaccine compositions based on these specific peptide sequences.

The present invention relates to a method of processing clinical samples for diagnosing bacterial infections by smear microscopy, culture or PCR as well as a kit for performing the said method. This invention also pertains to two sets of primers specific for the DevR gene of M. tuberculosis as well as to a method of using said primers for screening patients for tuberculosis by PCR.

The invention relates to biomarkers for diagnosing and / or monitoring tuberculosisin both immunocompetent and immunocompromised individuals, monitoring the responses of individuals to anti-mycobacterial chemotherapy, monitoring the progression of latent tuberculosis to active tuberculosis, differentiating active tuberculosis from latent tuberculosis, and from other clinical conditions that mimic tuberculosis (TB). The invention also relates to methods for diagnosing, treating and monitoring tuberculosis using said biomarkers. The above pertain in all aspects both to pulmonary and extrapulmonary Mycobacterium.tuberculosis infections, with Mycobacterium.tuberculosis being the causative organism in tuberculosis.

The invention discloses a mycobacterium tuberculosis medicament sensitive phenotype detection method, which comprises the following steps of: 1) adding 2.5 to 6mul of 0.2 percent of resazurin dissolved by using methanol with mass percentage concentration into the inner side of a tube cover of a sterile centrifuge tube, and sterilizing the centrifuge tube after the methanol is volatilized; 2) inoculating 5 to 50mg of mycobacterium tuberculosis to be detected into a 7H9-S culture medium, regulating the concentration of the bacteria solution by adopting turbidimetry, regulating the concentration of the bacteria solution to the concentration of a Mcburney turbidimetric 1 tube by using sterile water or 0.9-percent physiological saline, and diluting the bacteria solution by 20 times by using the 7H9-S culture medium; 3) inoculating 50 to 150mu of diluted bacteria solution into the centrifuge tube of the step 1); 4) adding 100mul of anti-tubercular medicament solution diluted by 7H9-S and to be detected into the centrifuge tube of the step 3), wherein the concentration of the medicament to be detected is 0.01mug / ml to 2.5mg / ml; 5) after the centrifuge tube of the step 4) is covered closely, culturing the solution for 6 to 7 days at the temperature of 37 DEG C; and 6) inverting and oscillating the centrifuge tube of the step 5), and culturing the solution for 12 to 48 hours at the temperature of 37 DEG C after the solution becomes blue. Proved by experiments, in the mycobacterium tuberculosis medicament sensitive phenotype detection method and application of the mycobacterium tuberculosis medicament sensitive phenotype detection method in anti-tubercular medicament screening, the method has low workload and short detection time; compared with a traditional L-J medium medicament sensitive detection method, the accuracy reaches 90 to 99 percent; and the method has good biological safety, does not cause laboratory propagation of tuberculosis, is suitable for large-scale.

The present invention relates to small molecule compounds and their use in the treatment of bacterial infections, in particular Tuberculosis.

The invention relates to the biotechnology field, in particular to mycobacterium tuberculosis recombinant fusion protein EECC as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The mycobacteriumtuberculosis recombinant fusion protein EECC is EAST6-EAST6-CFP10-CFP10, with an amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO.1 or SEQ ID NO.2. The recombinant fusion protein EECC has excellent antigenicity, has higher sensitivity while guaranteeing higher specificity during diagnosis of tuberculosis, can effectively reduce the use dosage, reduce the detection cost and effectively distinguish and diagnose viable bacterium infection of tubercle bacillus, dead bacterium sensitization and BCG inoculation, can be applied to diagnosis of the tuberculosis, preparation of tuberculosis vaccines and detection of antigen specific cell factors and has better promotion and application values.