This study aims to investigate the diagnostic value of multicolour nested real-time fluorescence quantitative nucleic acid amplification detection technology [Xpert Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB ...

Ninety-six hours after both cell lines were infected with M. tuberculosis, acid-fast staining and enumeration demonstrated that rAdhGLi-treated cells had a lower colony-forming units (CFU) of ...

A sputum stain for Mycobacteria is a laboratory test performed on a sample of your sputum, or phlegm. It’s also known as an acid-fast bacillus (AFB) stain or a tuberculosis (TB) smear.

New drugs that target "zombie" tuberculosis (TB) cells are now a step closer, thanks to a new study led by the University of ...

The only way to confirm disseminated TB is to ensure the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, typically through an acid-fast smear or mycobacterial sputum stain.

A new study by University of Bath scientists has highlighted two new potential families of drug molecules that could open the ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Our African follower for over 70,000 years Date: September 1, 2013 Source: Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute Summary: One of the deadliest infectious diseases ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) are two distinct types of bacteria that can cause infections in the lungs and other parts of the body. Learn more here.

The active ingredient in vinegar, acetic acid, can effectively kill mycobacteria, even highly drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis, an international team of researchers reports. It is ...

Here we utilized the cell-to-cell variation in morphological features of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacilli to develop a rapid profiling platform called Morphological Evaluation and Understanding ...