Tuberculosis: The world's deadliest disease is once again on the rise
What infectious disease is deadliest worldwide? HIV? COVID-19? Malaria?
Aug 11, 2025
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Bacteria: News and Research on Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
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Common lung bacteria team up to evade immune defenses, research reveals
The incidence of infection by Mycobacterium abscessus is increasing in patients with cystic fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and other chronic pulmonary diseases, leading to an accelerated lung function ...
May 8, 2025
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Updated guidelines for treating flesh-eating Buruli ulcers released
Buruli ulcer is a tropical disease caused by the environmental bacterium Mycobacterium ulcerans. The bacteria releases toxins that can destroy skin, blood vessels and subcutaneous tissue, resulting in ulceration.
Feb 24, 2025
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Study unravels clinical, genomic characteristics of non-tuberculous mycobacteria in Europe
A multinational European study provides the first comprehensive clinical and genomic data on the Mycobacterium avium complex from continental Europe. The data reveal the population structure of this group of pathogens and ...
Jul 19, 2024
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Researchers identify highly drug-resistant infections from stem cell treatments in Mexico
Experts in mycobacterial diseases at National Jewish Health, in collaboration with local health departments and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), are investigating a potential outbreak of a highly drug-resistant ...
May 9, 2024
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New research shows mosquitoes can spread the flesh-eating Buruli ulcer from possums to humans
Each year, more and more Victorians become sick with a flesh-eating bacteria known as Buruli ulcer. Last year, 363 people presented with the infection, the highest number since 2004.
Jan 24, 2024
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Novel combination therapy to counter antibiotic-resistant Mycobacterium abscessus infections
Researchers from the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) at Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT's research enterprise in Singapore, in collaboration with Nanyang ...
Jun 6, 2023
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Lung infection caused by a little-known bacterium may be less transmissible than thought
A little-known bacterium—a distant cousin of the microbes that cause tuberculosis and leprosy—is emerging as a public health threat capable of causing severe lung infections among vulnerable populations, those with compromised ...
May 30, 2023
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Novel tool predicts Buruli ulcer outbreaks in Victoria
Researchers have developed a surveillance system capable of detecting elevated risks of Buruli ulcer outbreaks in Victoria thanks to possum 'poo'—a breakthrough in the fight against the disease.
May 23, 2023
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Immunologic defect may leave some vulnerable to rare bacterial infection
Everyone breathes in Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) bacteria from time to time, but most people don't get sick. These bacteria, cousins of the deadly Mycobacterium tuberculosis, tend to live out their harmless little ...
Oct 3, 2022
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