Mycobacterium tuberculosis infects the respiratory tract and establishes a complex interplay with the host immune system. Upon inhalation, bacilli are phagocytosed by alveolar macrophages but evade ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis harbours two expansive multigene families, designated PE and PPE, whose members collectively constitute around 10 % of the bacillary coding potential. These proteins are ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Six years ago, Michael Niederweis, Ph.D., described the first known toxin of the deadly pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), an exotoxin that had gone undetected for 132 years ...

A team of United States-based scientists recently conducted a study to evaluate the effect of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection on the pathogenesis of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus ...

Tuberculosis is a severe infectious disease that usually affects your lungs. When it spreads to your bones, it's known as skeletal tuberculosis. Tuberculosis is an airborne disease caused by a very ...

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 involve ...

It has been uncertain how Mycobacterium tuberculosis deflects the immune response in humans, though evidence has pointed to host immunometabolism - the intrinsic link between metabolism in immune ...

Gastrointestinal tuberculosis is an uncommon form of tuberculosis infection that usually occurs when Mycobacterium tuberculosis affects your gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Tuberculosis is a bacterial ...