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.

Tap water that staff used as they prepared for surgery is believed responsible for the bacteria that infected 15 patients at Greenville Memorial Hospital, officials said Monday, adding that a fourth ...

Three patients developed difficult-to-treat Mycobacterium abscessus infections after receiving embryonic stem cell injections in Mexico in 2022, researchers reported. Two men -- one from Colorado and ...

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital are tackling Mycobacterium abscessus (Mab) antibiotic resistance. This naturally antibiotic-resistant pathogen is becoming more prevalent, ...

Background. Mycobacterium abscessus and Mycobacterium massiliense, which cause lung disease, are variable in their clinical manifestation and progression. We hypothesized that mycobacterial genotypes ...

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 ...

New treatment options for treating Mycobaterium abscessus infections are needed. Previous findings had identified the leucyl-tRNA synthetase inhibitor MRX-6038 to have significant activity against M.

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 ...

AN2 Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANTX), a biopharmaceutical company advancing novel small molecule therapeutics derived from ...

A new single cell-based screening tool evaluates how well antibiotics kill bacteria and may help researchers determine which ...