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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Dissemination Plays a Critical Role in Pathogenesis [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2020 Mycobacterium tuberculosis is primarily a respiratory pathogen. However, 15% of infections worldwide occur at extrapulmonary sites causing additional complications for diagnosis and treatment of the disease. In addition, dissemination of M.
Madeleine G. Moule, Jeffrey D. Cirillo
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Immune evasion and provocation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2022 Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis, has infected humans for millennia. M. tuberculosis is well adapted to establish infection, persist in the face of the host immune response and be transmitted to uninfected individuals.
Pallavi Chandra +2 more
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Whole genome sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: current standards and open issues
Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2019 Conor J Meehan +2 more
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Metabolic principles of persistence and pathogenicity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2018 Sabine Ehrt +2 more
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Pathogenicity and virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Virulence, 2022 Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is the causative agent of tuberculosis, an infectious disease with one of the highest morbidity and mortality rates worldwide.
Kathryn C. Rahlwes +4 more
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Nature Communications, 2021 Tuberculosis is a chronic disease that displays several features commonly associated with biofilm-associated infections: immune system evasion, antibiotic treatment failures, and recurrence of infection. However, although Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb)
Poushali Chakraborty +4 more
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Anti-Mycobacterial Drug Resistance in Japan: How to Approach This Problem?
Antibiotics, 2021 Mycobacteriosis is mainly caused by two groups of species: Mycobacterium tuberculosis and non-tuberculosis mycobacteria (NTM). The pathogens cause not only respiratory infections, but also general diseases.
Keisuke Kamada, Satoshi Mitarai
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2022 Mycobacterium abscessus (M. abscessus) is a highly antimicrobial-resistant pathogen that causes refractory pulmonary disease. Recently, the possibility of M. abscessus cross-transmission among cystic fibrosis (CF) patients has been reported.
Keiji Fujiwara +9 more
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mBio, 2021 Tuberculosis kills 1.5 million people each year, and resistance to commonly used antibiotics contributes to treatment failures. The therapeutic potential of bacteriophages against Mycobacterium tuberculosis offers prospects for shortening antibiotic ...
Carlos A. Guerrero-Bustamante +4 more
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Causative antigens of humidifier lung in vapor from a humidifier: A case report
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2023 A 68-year-old man exhibited fever and cough three weeks prior to hospital admission after three months of ultrasonic humidifier usage. Chest computed tomography showed bilateral ground-glass opacities, lymphocyte levels in the bronchoalveolar lavage ...
Masafumi Shimoda +8 more
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