Science news articles about 'mycobacterial infections'

... amongst other diseases, cause tuberculosis and leprosy. These patients often suffer from recurring mycobacterial infections throughout their whole lives. Because of this, researchers are trying to ...

... treatment, they can also survive attack with acids, alkalis and detergents. Most mycobacterial infections can be treated with antibiotics such as clarithromycin and rifamycins, but some species are ...

... . However, clinicians should be vigilant not just for TB, but also for nontuberculosis mycobacterial infections in patients who are beginning or using these drugs, particularly those patients with ...

... one copy of their STAT1 gene have only a partial deficiency in STAT1 protein and are predisposed to mycobacterial infections. Jean-Laurent Casanova and colleagues, at Necker Faculty, France, and The ...