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 avium complex (MAC), a type of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), lives all around us. You’ll find these germs in dirt, dust, and drinking water. They’re also common in natural sources ...

The active ingredient in vinegar, acetic acid, can effectively kill mycobacteria, even highly drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis, an international team of researchers reports. It is possible ...

Researchers have identified ten factors that help Mycobacterium tuberculosis avoid destruction inside host cell phagosomes. Two of the genes identified by high-throughput visual screening of 11,000 ...

A sputum stain for Mycobacteria is a laboratory test performed on a sample of your sputum, or phlegm. It’s also known as an acid-fast bacillus (AFB) stain or a tuberculosis (TB) smear. A doctor ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Nontuberculous mycobacteria, or NTM, also called mycobacteria other than tuberculosis, traditionally have been ...

Abstract Tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacteria are an alarming and ongoing global issue which requires fast and innovative diagnostics in order to fight the further spread of the diseases. Dr.

With resistance to chemical antibiotics on the rise, the world needs entirely new forms of antibiotics. A new study published in Microbiology Spectrum shows that an enzymatic cocktail can kill a ...

The Glickman lab, in close collaboration with the Shuman lab, is broadly interested in the pathways and regulation of DNA repair in mycobacteria. Our goals in the DNA repair arena are twofold: 1) to ...