Plasma cells known as \"Mott cells\" present non-secretable accumulations of immunoglobulins called \"Russell bodies\". Its presence is related to hematological neoplasms, but it can appear in chronic inflammatory processes. The most common occurrence within the digestive tract is the gastric antrum associated with H. pylori infection. Our patient is added the rare extragastric cases where the association with H. pylori is inconsistent. We have found a frequent appearance of lower digestive and urological neoplasms in relation to these cases, justified by the expression of circulating cytokines in the tumor area that lead to the overactivation of plasma cells. This possible association could lead us to know data about the tumor environment and serve us for early diagnosis or future therapeutic targets.

We herein report an unusual case of Mycobacterium mageritense pacemaker infection at generator site in a 62-year old female with no pertinent past medical history. Pacemaker-related infections caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria are rare but can lead to significant morbidity and mortality. Mycobacterium mageritense is rarely reported in pacemaker infections and is challenging to treat due to resistance to many antimicrobial agents. In our case, the patient\'s pacemaker infection did not respond to standard treatment, leading to complete device removal. Our case highlights the challenges in treating Mycobacterium Mageritense, especially that our patient had a more resistant organism than those reported previously in literature. To our knowledge, such cases are infrequently reported in the literature.

The putative Mott charge density wave (CDW) phases of monolayer 1T-NbSe2 and 1T-TaSe2 have attracted a lot of recent interest due to the unexpected orbital texture of their Mott-Hubbard states and the superstructure related to an exotic possibility of a quantum spin liquid with a spinon Fermi surface. The origins of the orbital texture and the superstructure have been, however, elusive. We find by using density functional theory calculations that these CDW phases can have an alternative metastable structure, an anion (Se) centered cluster, in contrast to the prevailing model of a cation (Nb or Ta) centered David star cluster. This structure can be stabilized by the charge transfer from the bilayer graphene/SiC substrate used commonly in the experiments. The anion-centered structure has a similar electronic band structure of a charge transfer insulator to that of DS clusters but naturally explains the orbital texture of the upper Hubbard band from simply its atomic structure. Moreover, this band structure exhibits a Fermi surface nesting to possibly break the symmetry spontaneously into a 3×3-R30° superstructure observed experimentally. The resulting ground state of the superstructure is shown to be a trivial band insulator, in contrast to exotic proposals. This result emphasizes the huge structural flexibility of these heteroexpitaxial monolayers, for which careful studies on atomic structures and interactions with substrates are highly requested.

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UNASSIGNED: Case series of Rapidly growing Mycobacterial Post-operative wound infection with Mycobacterium Abscessus and/or Mycobacterium Chelone in 4 cases of kidney transplant adult recipient who presented within 6 months of transplant.
UNASSIGNED: We report 4 cases of Renal transplant recipients with post-surgical site infection with NTM-69-year-old with post-surgical wound infection with microbiologically proven Mycobacterium Abscessus who discontinued treatment and further presented with intra-abdominal abscess. Next case was 61 years male presented with nodular swellings at surgical site with US findings of intra-abdominal muscle abscess was tested culture positive for Mycobacterium Chelonae and Abscessus.Third case was 34 years male presented with surgical wound infection which was positive for AFB by ZN stain. Lastly,46 years old male patient known hypertensive and E.S.R.D, had culture proven Mycobacterium Abscessus surgical wound infection. All the four cases had their renal transplant at Philippines at different centres.
UNASSIGNED: Nontuberculous mycobacteria infection is important cause of morbidity in kidney transplant recipient and high index of suspicion with early diagnosis and treatment is crucial for successful outcome.

OBJECTIVE: The Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) is a group of acid-resistant bacteria within the Mycobacteriaceae. Their cell walls have a specific structure impervious to many disinfectants. Mycobacteria are widespread in the environment and can also be found in food. This aim of the article is to review the current state of knowledge about the sources of infection, symptoms and treatment of MAC diseases in humans and animals, and summarizes the available methods for identifying the bacteria. It pays a special attention to the zoonotic potential of MAC bacteria and possible routes of transmission between humans and animals, including possible food-borne routes.
UNASSIGNED: MAC bacterial infections occur both in immunocompetent people and those with functional predispositions and compromised immunity, particularly during HIV infection or immunosuppressive treatment. The incidence of MAC infections in humans is growing, with the most common form of infection being pulmonary disease (MTC-PD); however, there are conflicting reports on the role of Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis (MAP) in the development of Crohn\'s disease. MAC bacteria can also attack livestock, household pets, and wild animals. Unfortunately, treatment is lengthy and often fails due to microbiological relapse; there is also increasing evidence of MAC bacteria are developing multi-drug resistance.
CONCLUSIONS: Although new antibiotics are being created to inhibit the growth and division of Mycobacterium avium, there is clearly a need for further research into the virulence factors associated with MAC bacteria. Further studies should also examine the role of MAP in the etiopathogenesis of Crohn\'s disease.

We report a case of chyluria caused by Mycobacterium fortuitum infection in a sixty-four year old male, who was successfully treated with two weeks of amikacin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and levofloxacin followed by twenty four weeks of levofloxacin and doxycycline.

The Mott state in 1T-TaS2 is predicted to host quantum spin liquids (QSLs). However, its insulating mechanism is controversial due to complications from interlayer coupling. Here, we study the charge transfer state in monolayer 1T-NbSe2, an electronic analogue to TaS2 exempt from interlayer coupling, using spectroscopic imaging scanning tunneling microscopy and first-principles calculations. Monolayer NbSe2 surprisingly displays two types of star of David (SD) motifs with different charge transfer gap sizes, which are interconvertible via temperature variation. In addition, bilayer 1T-NbSe2 shows a Mott collapse by interlayer coupling. Our calculation unveils that the two types of SDs possess distinct structural distortions, altering the effective Coulomb energies of the central Nb orbital. Our calculation suggests that the charge transfer gap, the same parameter for determining the QSL regime, is tunable with strain. This finding offers a general strategy for manipulating the charge transfer state in related systems, which may be tuned into the potential QSL regime.

Tall- and dwarf-sized elephant grass cultivars have been developed for cut-and-carry system. Dwarf clones have better digestibility; on the other hand, tall-sized cultivars are more productive. The aim was to verify which grass would be most recommended for cut-and-carry: tall-sized (Elephant B and IRI-381) or dwarf (Taiwan A-146 2.37 and Mott) elephant grass cultivars to feed 24 male sheep, aged between 4 and 5 months, uncastrated, weighing approximately 24.08 ± 1.76 kg body weight which were sampled on intake, digestibility, performance, ingestive behavior, nitrogen balance, microbial protein synthesis, metabolic parameters, and ruminal degradability. This research was divided into two experiments: experiment 1 lasted 38 days, seven for adaptation and 31 for data collection. Elephant grass cultivars were supplied with a mineral mixture. Data collected were intake, digestibility, ingestive behavior, metabolic parameters, microbial protein synthesis, and performance submitted to a completely randomized design. For experiment 2, three rumen fistulae animals were sampled, lasting 20 days. In this case, a randomized block in split-plot design was applied. Both designs were with P < 0.05 and analyzed through SAS statistical software. Mott and Taiwan A-146 2.37 cultivars provided greater intake, digestibility, weight gain, feeding time, nitrogen retention, production and efficiency of microbial protein synthesis, dry matter (DM) and neutral detergent fiber (NDF) degradability, and DM, crude protein, and NDF, but shorter rumination time rather than Elephant B and IRI-381. There was also a significant difference for glucose, triglycerides, plasma urea, total serum protein, urinary urea (mg/L), and urea excretion in urine (mg/day). Dwarf elephant grass cultivars as Mott and Taiwan A-146 2.37 have greater nutritional value than tall-sized Elephant B and IRI-381. Dwarf elephant grass is recommended for cut-and-carry system.

The burden of non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) disease is increasing worldwide but still its diagnosis is delayed and it is mistaken as multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB).The present study was performed to develop a multiplex PCR assay for detection and identification of clinically most common NTM to the species level from pulmonary samples.
Out of 50 isolates, 26 were identified as Mycobacterium kansasii (MK), 20 were identified as Mycobacterium abscessus (MA) and 4 were identified as Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) through multiplex PCR and further confirmed by sequencing.
Our study showed that multiplex PCR assay is a simple, convenient, and reliable technique for detection and differential identification of major NTM species.