Mycobacterial diseases, including tuberculosis (TB), leprosy, and non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections, continue to impose a substantial global ...

Mycobacterial diseases, most notably tuberculosis and infections from environmental mycobacteria, represent a significant global health challenge. Their clinical severity is often exacerbated in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Microbial diversity was more prevalent in patients with cured vs. treatment-resistant nontuberculosis ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients with cystic fibrosis, increases in sulfate and specific metals in water raised the odds for ...

In a classic example of scientific problem solving, scientists from the Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) and colleagues have published a paper introducing a promising new ...

Mycobacterium abscessus can cause dangerous lung infections. Treatment usually requires a combination of antibiotics for more than a year. Researchers in China report that curcumin, found in turmeric, ...

Fighting an infection might seem to be a battle between David and Goliath, given the relative sizes of bacterial infectious agents and the animals they infect. But on closer examination it is more ...

If you’re diagnosed with nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease, your doctor will discuss the right treatment for you. Some people with NTM lung disease don’t need treatment. Others require ongoing ...

Your doctor may use an acid-fast bacteria (AFB) stain test to see if you have a lung disease like tuberculosis (TB). In addition to showing tuberculosis, an AFB stain can also show if you have another ...

Lydia Mosi receives funding from World Bank, Wellcome Trust, Afrique One, University of Ghana Research Fund, TWAS, IFS. Buruli ulcer is a skin infection that kills the cells and tissue in an affected ...

In 1654, Rembrandt painted a woman, in Amsterdam, bathing in a stream. As she lifts her nightdress above her knees and treads deeper, the woman is stepping from one world into another. Among art ...