Prominent Nontuberculous Mycobacterial (NTM) Infections emerging therapies include ALIS, Antimycobacterial regimen, ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) is a bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB) in humans. TB is a disease that primarily affects the lungs, although it can attack other parts of the body.

The number of people diagnosed with tuberculosis worldwide rose again last year, eclipsing 2023's record total.

Mycobacterium avium complex, also called MAC, is a group of bacteria that can cause life-threatening infections in people with severely compromised immune systems. MAC consists of two types of ...

One of the deadliest infectious diseases of humankind emerged in Africa 70,000 years ago, a new genetic analysis of 259 Tuberculosis bacterial strains has shown. According to the study, TB bacteria ...

Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are known as atypical mycobacteria. That means they’re related to tuberculosis, but they don’t cause the same disease. In fact, NTM are generally harmless. That’s a ...

Mycobacterium xenopi is a recognized cause of smoldering pulmonary disease in patients with chronic lung disease. This organism is frequently isolated from respiratory specimens from individuals ...

A team of United States-based scientists recently conducted a study to evaluate the effect of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection on the pathogenesis of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus ...

RECENTLY there has been increasing clinical awareness of a group of micro-organisms, variously named the "anonymous," "atypical," "saprophytic" or "unclassified" mycobacteria, which are apparently ...