Mycobacteria | German Center for Infection Research

Short description

Mycobacteria are a bacterial genus, which includes the -causing Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the leprosy-causing Mycobacterium leprae.

Detailed description

Mycobacteria are commonly found in nature. They exist in soil and water and in all animal species. Some species cause disease in humans.

Xiretsa wins INCATE stage II funding: Boosting a new class of antibiotics

The INCubator for Antibacterial Therapies in Europe, INCATE, aims to support innovators in the early stages of developing therapies in the field of antimicrobial resistance. The German Center for

Antibiotics resistance: Tuberculosis therapy at the limit?

The development of antibiotic resistance is increasingly complicating the treatment of tuberculosis. Patients suffering from multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) are particularly hard hit. In

Apr 2017

Clin Infect Dis

Repurposing QuantiFERON for Detection of Neutralizing Interferon-γ Autoantibodies in Patients With Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections

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Suarez I et al.

Feb 2017

Eur Respir J

Poor adherence to management guidelines in nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary diseases

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van Ingen J et al.

Oct 2017

Z Rheumatol

[Nontuberculous mycobacterial infections]

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Nowag A et al.

Jul 2022

Clin Infect Dis

Risk factors for Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infections in Solid Organ Transplant recipients: a multinational case-control study

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Mejia-Chew C et al.

Jun 2022

Lancet Infect Dis

Mycobacterial infections in adults with haematological malignancies and haematopoietic stem cell transplants: guidelines from the 8th European Conference on Infections in Leukaemia

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Bergeron A et al.

Left panel: grey electron microscopic image of rod-shaped M. tuberculosis bacteria; right panel: image of a circular phylogenetic tree depicting the genetic relationship between M. tuberculose strains

Personalised antibiotic treatment strategies for tuberculosis patients

Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, with an estimated 1.4 million deaths and ten million people infected annually. Resistant and multidrug-resistant (MDR) variants of the

Sep 2016

Clin Microbiol Infect

Consensus numbering system for the rifampicin resistance-associated rpoB gene mutations in pathogenic mycobacteria

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Andre E et al.

Jun 2016

Int J Tuberc Lung Dis

When is a non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection a pulmonary disease?

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Griffith DE

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