Delineating the evolutionary pathway to multidrug-resistant outbreaks of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis L4.1.2.1/Haarlem sublineage

Authors: Dekhil, Naira, Mardassi, Helmi

Source: In International Journal of Infectious Diseases July 2024 144

Evolutionary history and spread of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Latin American and Mediterranean (L4.3/LAM) sublineage, Tunisia

Authors: Skhairia, Mohamed Amine, Dekhil, Naira, Mardassi, Helmi

Source: In Tuberculosis January 2023 138

A sweeping view of avian mycoplasmas biology drawn from comparative genomic analyses.

Authors: Yacoub, Elhem, Baby, Vincent, Sirand-Pugnet, Pascal, Arfi, Yonathan, Mardassi, Helmi, Blanchard, Alain, Chibani, Salim, Ben Abdelmoumen Mardassi, Boutheina

Source: BMC Genomics; 1/10/2025, Vol. 26 Issue 1, p1-28, 28p

Subject Terms: COMPARATIVE genetics, MYCOPLASMATALES, COMPARATIVE genomics, GENOMICS, GENOME size, MYCOPLASMA gallisepticum

A gain-of-function mutation in zinc cluster transcription factor Rob1 Drives Candida albicans adaptive growth in the cystic fibrosis lung environment.

Authors: Gnaien, Mayssa¹, Maufrais, Corinne^2,3, Rebai, Yasmine¹, Kallel, Aicha^1,4, Ma, Laurence⁵, Hamouda, Samia⁶, Khalsi, Fatma⁶, Meftah, Khaoula⁶, Smaoui, Hanen⁶, Khemiri, Monia⁶, Hadj Fredj, Sondes⁶, Bachellier-Bassi, Sophie², Najjar, Imène⁵, Messaoud, Taieb⁶, Boussetta, Khadija⁶, Kallel, Kalthoum⁴, Mardassi, Helmi¹, d'Enfert, Christophe², Bougnoux, Marie-Elisabeth², Znaidi, Sadri^1,2, sadri.znaidi@pasteur.utm.tn

Source: PLoS Pathogens; 4/11/2024, Vol. 20 Issue 4, p1-37, 37p

Successful expansion of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Latin American and Mediterranean sublineage (L4.3/LAM) in Tunisia mainly driven by a single, long-established clonal complex

Authors: Skhairia, Mohamed Amine, Dekhil, Naira, Mhenni, Besma, Fradj, Saloua Ben, Mardassi, Helmi

Source: In International Journal of Infectious Diseases February 2021 103:220-225

Performance of GeneXpert ultra in the diagnosis of Tuberculous Cervical lymphadenitis in formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissues

Authors: Romdhane, Emna, Arfaoui, Amira, Benabdessalem, Chaouki, Ksentini, Meriam, Ferjani, Asma, Dekhil, Neira, Lahiani, Rim, Bchiri, Soumaya, Mardassi, Helmi, Barbouche, Mohamed-Ridha, Boutiba Ben Boubake, Ilhem, Ben Salah, Mamia, Rammeh, Soumaya

Source: In Tuberculosis December 2020 125

Nontuberculous mycobacteria isolated from specimens of pulmonary tuberculosis suspects, Northern Tunisia: 2002–2016

Authors: Gharbi, Reem, Mhenni, Besma, Ben Fraj, Saloua, Mardassi, Helmi

Source: BMC infectious diseases. 19(1):1-11

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A Very Virulent Genotype of Infectious Bursal Disease Virus Predominantly Associated with Recurrent Infectious Bursal Disease Outbreaks in Tunisian Vaccinated Flocks

Authors: Mardassi, Helmi, Khabouchi, Neila, Ghram, Abdelgélil, Namouchi, Amine, Karboul, Anis

Source: Avian Diseases, 2004 Dec 01. 48(4), 829-840.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1593545

Tuberculosis due to Resistant Haarlem Strain, Tunisia.

Authors: Mardassi, Helmi, Namouchi, Amine, Haltiti, Raja

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases; June 2005, Vol. 11 Issue 6, p957-961, 5p

Efficacy of Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology in the Diagnosis of Tuberculous Cervical Lymphadenitis

Authors: Rammeh, Soumaya, Romdhane, Emna, Arfaoui Toumi, Amira, Houcine, Yoldez, Lahiani, Rym, Sassi, Asma, Mardassi, Helmi, Ben Salah, Mamia, Ferjaoui, Mohamed

Source: Acta cytologica. 62(2):99-103

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On the onset and dispersal of a major MDR TB clone among HIV-negative patients, Tunisia.

Authors: Dekhil, Naira¹ (AUTHOR) neiradekhil@yahoo.fr, Mardassi, Helmi¹ (AUTHOR) helmi.mardassi@mesrs.tn

Source: Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control. 2/14/2024, Vol. 13 Issue 1, p1-8. 8p.

Subject Terms: *TUBERCULOSIS, *MULTIDRUG-resistant tuberculosis, *WHOLE genome sequencing, *MYCOBACTERIUM tuberculosis, *CHOLERA, *SPANNING trees

Geographic Terms: TUNISIA, BIZERTE (Tunisia)

IS6110-5′3′FP: an automated typing approach for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains simultaneously targeting and resolving IS6110 5′ and 3′ polymorphisms

Authors: Thabet, Sara, Karboul, Anis, Dekhil, Neira, Mardassi, Helmi

Source: In International Journal of Infectious Diseases December 2014 29:211-218

Spread of multidrug resistance among Ureaplasma serovars, Tunisia

Authors: Boujemaa, Safa, Mlik, Béhija, Ben Allaya, Amina, Mardassi, Helmi, Ben Abdelmoumen Mardassi, Boutheina

Source: Antimicrobial resistance & infection control. 9(1)

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Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 Antagonizes Candida albicans Growth and Protects Intestinal Cells from C. albicans -Mediated Damage.

Authors: Rebai, Yasmine, Wagner, Lysett, Gnaien, Mayssa, Hammer, Merle L., Kapitan, Mario, Niemiec, Maria Joanna, Mami, Wael, Mosbah, Amor, Messadi, Erij, Mardassi, Helmi, Vylkova, Slavena, Jacobsen, Ilse D., Znaidi, Sadri

Source: Microorganisms; Aug2023, Vol. 11 Issue 8, p1929, 17p

Subject Terms: CANDIDA albicans, ESCHERICHIA coli, GUT microbiome, EPITHELIAL cells, ENTEROCYTES

Genomic changes underpinning the emergence of a successful Mycobacterium tuberculosis Latin American and Mediterranean clonal complex.

Authors: Dekhil, Naira, Mardassi, Helmi

Source: Frontiers in Microbiology; 2023, p1-11, 11p

Subject Terms: MYCOBACTERIUM tuberculosis, NUCLEOTIDE sequencing, NONSENSE mutation, BIOLOGICAL fitness, WHOLE genome sequencing

Geographic Terms: TUNISIA, NORTH Africa

Re-emergence of the Progenitors of a Multidrug-Resistant Outbreak Strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis among the Post-Outbreak Case Patients

Authors: Namouchi, Amine, Haltiti, Raja, Hawari, Dorra, Mardassi, Helmi

Source: The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2010 Feb 01. 201(3), 390-398.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/27794431

Phylogenetics of Mycoplasma hominis clinical strains associated with gynecological infections or infertility as disclosed by an expanded multilocus sequence typing scheme

Authors: Boujemaa, Safa, Ben Allaya, Amina, Mlik, Béhija, Mardassi, Helmi, Ben Abdelmoumen Mardassi, Boutheina

Source: Scientific reports. 8(1)

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A genomic library-based amplification approach (GL-PCR) for the mapping of multiple IS 6110 insertion sites and strain differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Authors: Namouchi, Amine, Mardassi, Helmi

Source: In Journal of Microbiological Methods 2006 67(2):202-211

Insights into the evolutionary history of tubercle bacilli as disclosed by genetic rearrangements within a PE_PGRS duplicated gene pair

Authors: Kurepina Natalia, Huard Richard C, Cataldi Angel, Fabre Michel, Suffys Philip, Rastogi Nalin, Sola Christophe, Vincent Véronique, Namouchi Amine, Gey van Pittius Nicolaas C, Karboul Anis, Kreiswirth Barry, Ho John L, Gutierrez M Cristina, Mardassi Helmi

Source: BMC Evolutionary Biology, Vol 6, Iss 1, p 107 (2006)

Subject Terms: Evolution, QH359-425

File Description: electronic resource

Relation: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/6/107; https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2148

Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/1ff1110e80454a47a9f30c1941a22f2e

Phenotypic and genomic hallmarks of a novel, potentially pathogenic rapidly growing Mycobacterium species related to the Mycobacterium fortuitum complex.

Authors: Gharbi, Reem, Khanna, Varun, Frigui, Wafa, Mhenni, Besma, Brosch, Roland, Mardassi, Helmi

Source: Scientific Reports; 6/21/2021, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p1-12, 12p

Subject Terms: MYCOBACTERIUM, SPUTUM, IMMUNOCOMPETENCE, NUCLEOTIDE sequence, PHYLOGENY