TB, a one-sample, parallelized reaction amplification and detection CRISPR assay that detects Mycobacterium tuberculosis ...

Matthew K. O'Shea, Gavin C. K. W. Koh, Melinda Munang, Grace Smith, Arpan Banerjee, Martin Dedicoat, Time-to-Detection in Culture Predicts Risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transmission: A Cohort ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the main representative of this genus, is the causative agent of tuberculosis, which killed around 1.5 million people worldwide in 2014.

A novel class of antimicrobial drugs selectively targets a Mycobacterium tuberculosis PE-PGRS protein. PLOS Biology, 2022; 20 (5): e3001648 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001648 ...

New England Journal of Medicine Source Reference: Schmidt AC, et al "BCG revaccination for the prevention of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection" N Engl J Med 2025; DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2412381.

TB developing from mycobacterium bovis transmission to humans has become quite rare, though. Today, less than 2% of reported human tuberculosis cases come from M. bovis.

The mycobacteria that typically cause lung tuberculosis (TB) can also cause gastrointestinal (GI) TB. This condition typically requires prompt treatment with anti-tuberculous drugs. GI TB can ...