Fitness is important for the body, and it is great maintaining a healthy regime. However, sometimes artificially induced mechanisms to stay more fit may backfire. Something similar is the story of the ...

CDC: Mycobacterium abscessus is a bacterium distantly related to the ones that cause tuberculosis and leprosy.It is part of a group of environmental mycobacteria and is found in water, soil, and dust.

Standard tuberculosis treatment for drug-sensitive disease requires the simultaneous use of four drugs: rifampin, an RNA transcription inhibitor; isoniazid, a mycolic acid biosynthesis inhibitor; ...

Charlie Parks' hand is swollen and painful, but worse than that, he's frustrated. His right hand is infected with a strain of water-borne bacteria known as Mycobacterium marinum — all the way into the ...

Announcing a new article publication for BIO Integration journal. Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) complex (MTBC), which includes M.tb as one of the causative bacteria.