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 Mycobacterium abscessus
MeSH tree: B03.510.460.400.410.552.552.720.050
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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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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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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