mycobacteriosisn.
/ˌmʌɪkə(ʊ)bakˌtɪərɪˈəʊsɪs/, U.S. /ˈˌmaɪkoʊˌbækˌtɪriˈoʊsəs/ Medicine.
Infection with or disease caused by mycobacteria; an instance of this.
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endemic syphilis1865
Oroya fever1873
verruga1873
Weil's disease1889
undulant fever1896
pasteurellosis1902
microbism1904
spirillosis1904
spirochaetosis1906
necrobacillosis1907
melioidosis1921
Reiter's disease1922
rickettsiosis1925
leptospirosis1926
Carrion's disease1927
treponematosis1927
bartonellosis1928
brucellosis1930
mycobacteriosis1938
listerellosis1939
listeriosis1941
shigellosis1944
Reiter's syndrome1947
Shigella dysentery1963
pigbel1966
mud fever1969
Lyme arthritis1976
toxic shock syndrome1978
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TSS1980
1938 Science 7 Jan. 15/2 With the many similarities that have been pointed out, thought has been given to comprehend the diseases here described under a single term. Because the bacteria in the group are in scientific literature called Mycobacteria, Dr. Esmond R. Long has suggested the term ‘Mycobacteriosis’, which serves the purpose admirably.
1976 G. M. Edington & H. M. Gilles Pathol. in Tropics (ed. 2) 296 (heading) The mycobacterioses.
1988 Q. N. Myrvik & R. S. Weiser Fund. Med. Bacteriol. & Mycol. (ed. 2) xxvii. 375 As tuberculosis has waned in developed countries, mycobacteriosis due to these facultative pathogens has increased in relative importance.
2002 AIDS 16 909 In the 19 episodes leading to death (7%), the two leading diagnoses were atypical mycobacteriosis (26%) and acute unexplained fever (21%).
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