DENVER — (MAY 13, 2022) For the first time, researchers have successfully used bacteriophages – viruses that kill bacteria – to treat an antibiotic-resistant mycobacterial lung infection, clearing the ...

For the first time, researchers have successfully used bacteriophages – viruses that kill bacteria – to treat an antibiotic-resistant mycobacterial lung infection, clearing the way for a young ...

Using a virus to kill a bacterium may seem like going backward in medicine and harkens back to the early 20 th century when Julius Wagner-Juarreg used malaria to cure neurosyphilis (a feat that won ...

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 ...

DRESHER, PA. (WPVI) -- We need bacteria to digest food and absorb nutrients. However, when a bacteria commonly found in soil and water gets into our lungs, it can cause trouble, in the form of a MAC ...

If tests have shown you have mycobacterium avium complex (MAC), a type of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), you’ll need to work closely with your doctor to decide what to do next. Not everyone starts ...

Mycobacterium abscessus bacteria most often infect the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis or other chronic lung diseases. The infection causes scarring, thickening of tissue or ...

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 ...

A team of United States-based scientists recently conducted a study to evaluate the effect of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection on the pathogenesis of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus ...

Tuberculosis (TB), caused by the pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. This presentation will summarise the epidemiology and ...

Living in coastal areas of Florida and California has great appeal for many, with the warm, sunny climate and nearby freshwater and saltwater. But, unknown to many, those balmy coasts also carry the ...