(n.) A small knoblike prominence or excrescence, whether natural or morbid; as, a tubercle on a plant; a tubercle on a bone; the tubercles appearing on the body in leprosy.
(n.) A small mass or aggregation of morbid matter; especially, the deposit which accompanies scrofula or phthisis. This is composed of a hard, grayish, or yellowish, translucent or opaque matter, which gradually softens, and excites suppuration in its vicinity. It is most frequently found in the lungs, causing consumption.
Example Sentences:
(1) Patellar subluxation may improve substantially following either lateral release or anteromedial tibial tubercle transfer, but this study suggests that correction of subluxation is less consistent than reduction of abnormal tilt with tibial tubercle transfer or lateral release alone.
(2) Mycobacterium africanum Yaoundé and Rwanda were more heat-resistant than the tubercle bacilli.
(3) We report the case of a man with atypical pain and X-rays modifications of the radial tubercle.
(4) A possible role of the olfactory tubercle in olfactory transduction will also be discussed.
(5) The tendons of insertion of the latissimus dorsi and the teres major muscles and the tendon of origin of the long head of the triceps brachii muscle were united, forming a conjoint tendon that attached to the infraglenoid tubercle of the scapula and the lower part of the anatomical neck of the humerus adhering to the articular capsule of the shoulder joint.
(6) In contrast, the efferent projections of the main olfactory bulb are distributed to the anterior olfactory nucleus, the tenia tecta, the olfactory tubercle, the pyriform cortex, the anterior cortical amygdaloid area, the posterolateral cortical amygdaloid area, and to the lateral entorhinal cortex.
(7) The second, the normal tubercle for insertion of the transverse ligament of the atlas, may look like a separate ossicle or a chip fracture.
(8) The fraction "S" induces the modification of tubercle bacilli into non acid-fast bacteria forming smooth colonies on nutritive glycerol agar within 24-36 h of incubation.
(9) The dopamine and norepinephrine content of the nucleus accumbens, olfactory tubercle and corpus striatum were assayed ipsilaterally and contralaterally in unilaterally lesioned rats sacrificed 2, 5, 10, and 20 days after the placement of the lesions.
(10) This suggests that the anti-cord factor antibody exerts an infection-protecting effect by neutralizing the toxic action of cord factor during the course of living virulent infection with tubercle bacilli.
(11) Differentiation from other closely related species obtained experimentally from rodents is possible: bovis: no spines on the tubercles; haematobium: tubercles 10 to 15 microns wide with closely packed spines; curassoni: tubercles over 15 microns wide, with large, closely packed spines; intercalatum: tubercles under 10 microns wide, with scattered spines.
(12) Five cases of subluxation and six of secondary displacement of the tubercles were noted.
(13) We developed two PCR methods, which amplify bovine tuberculous MPB70 gene and mycobacterial 16S rRNA gene, for detection of tubercle bacilli and mycobacteria in sputum, respectively.
(14) It is postulated that a large excess of pyridoxal in Sauton's medium protects tubercle bacilli from the effects of isoniazid through formation of an extracellular complex involving drug, vitamin, and certain medium constituents, thereby reducing the level of isoniazid available to the cells.
(15) Evoked dopamine release was monitored in vivo from the olfactory tubercle of anaesthetized rats by differential pulse amperometry combined with carbon fibre electrodes which, in most cases, were electrochemically treated.
(16) Morphine was shown to enhance dopamine release in the rat olfactory tubercle, nucleus accumbens, prefrontal cortex and pyriform cortex, as assessed by increased 3-methoxytyramine (3-MT) levels and 3-MT accumulation after pargyline treatment.
(17) Increased densities of carbachol-resistant and pirenzepine-sensitive sites (M1 receptor subtype) were apparent over many forebrain structures including the olfactory tubercle, caudate-putamen, nucleus accumbens, hippocampus, amygdala and cerebral cortex.
(18) A study of rifabutin in the retreatment of patients with chronic pulmonary tuberculosis whose strains of tubercle bacilli were resistant to all three of the drugs isoniazid, streptomycin, and rifampicin, and usually to others as well, was undertaken in 22 Chinese patients in Hong Kong.
(19) Paragonimiasis can masquerade as pulmonary tuberculosis, especially in patients from areas that are endemic for both the parasite and the tubercle bacillus.
(20) In the reconstruct procedure, both the bony attachment of the lateral capsular ligament and the iliotibial tract with Gerdy's tubercle have been moved anteriorly and inferiorly without separating their interconnections or any attachments.
Tuberculosis
Definition:
(n.) A constitutional disease characterized by the production of tubercles in the internal organs, and especially in the lungs, where it constitutes the most common variety of pulmonary consumption.
Example Sentences:
(1) The differential diagnosis is more complex in Hawaii due to the presence of granulomatous diseases such as tuberculosis and leprosy.
(2) The course of urogenital tuberculosis is complicated by unspecific bacterial infections of the urinary tract and nephrolithiasis.
(3) We identified four distinct clinical patterns in the 244 patients with true positive MAI infections: (a) pulmonary nodules ("tuberculomas") indistinguishable from pulmonary neoplasms (78 patients); (b) chronic bronchitis or bronchiectasis with sputum repeatedly positive for MAI or granulomas on biopsy (58 patients, virtually all older white women); (c) cavitary lung disease and scattered pulmonary nodules mimicking M. tuberculosis infection (12 patients); (d) diffuse pulmonary infiltrations in immunocompromised hosts, primarily patients with AIDS (96 patients).
(4) The radiologic findings on conventional examinations (plain films and cholangiograms) in a large group of patients with proven hepatobiliary tuberculosis are reviewed.
(5) Other organisms found together with N. miningitidis were H. influenzae (2 cases), S. dysgalactiae (1 case) and M. tuberculosis (1 case).
(6) The results of the examination of the tuberculosis cases detected during 7 years among the annually screened population are given.
(7) In view of its infrequent and vague presentation, care is required to avoid overlooking the diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis, particularly in the immigrant population.
(8) Two years' experience of a simple serological test for the diagnosis of tuberculosis has been evaluated.
(9) A diagnosis of unilateral tuberculosis of the conjunctiva was established in a 75-year-old female patient eight years after the first manifestations of disease.
(10) Differential diagnosis must include renal tuberculosis and renal carcinoma.
(11) The qualification for carrying on the isonicotinic acid hydrazide monotherapy in the tuberculosis cutis luposa and verrucosa is proved on the basis of bacteriological, pathologo-anatomical and clinical peculiarities of these forms of tuberculosis of the skin.
(12) Approximately 16,000 people were diagnosed with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in 2012 but were not given the treatment they needed to stay alive and prevent the spread of the disease, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said.
(13) The risk of "Gesunde Befundträger" (healthy carriers of pulmonary lesions) to develop pulmonary tuberculosis is compared with that of persons with X-ray shadows in the lung.
(14) These findings are used to interpret published data from the chronic experimental murine tuberculosis model and support the view that in the mouse, the efficacy of RIF in widely spaced intermittent chemotherapy is the result of its long half-life.
(15) In tuberculosis this effect has been indirectly attributed to the production of cord factor (alpha,alpha-trehalose 6,6'-dimycolate).
(16) Twenty-two patients with radiologically localised pulmonary tuberculosis underwent one or more broncho-alveolar lavages: 10 patients had a single lavage in the disease area, 11 had two lavages (1 in a healthy zone and 1 in the affected zone) and 1 patient had a triple lavage.
(17) We concluded that IS986 is an extremely suitable tool for the diagnosis and epidemiology of tuberculosis.
(18) The in vitro susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to a new macrolide antibiotic RU-28965, alone and in combination with rifampicin or isoniazid, was studied by the agar dilution method.
(19) Tuberculosis of the cervix of the uterus is a rare form of genital tuberculosis.
(20) However, a review of 103 cases of tuberculosis presenting to a general hospital showed that 53% of the patients did not have fever when they first came to the outpatient clinic, and 10% did not have fever at any time while under observation.