On a solid culture medium, the colonies of M. canettii are smooth and sticky while those of M. tuberculosis are dry, rough and wrinkled Credit: © Roland Brosch ...

The advent of high‐throughput sequencing and advanced analytical frameworks has transformed our understanding of Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogenicity. Genomic comparisons across clinical isolates ...

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 ...

Editor’s note: This article is part of a collection of expert commentaries. You can read the rest of the series here. It is true that the next pandemic is a matter of “when,” not “if.” The statistical ...

For some forms of tuberculosis, the chances that an exposed person will get infected depend on whether the individual and the bacteria share a hometown, according to a new study comparing how ...

Small round pits as lytic lesions indicate the presence of the pathogen in the cancellous bone tissue the vertebral bodies, which leads to the focal destruction of bone. Recent research suggests that ...

The rod-shaped tuberculosis (TB) bacterium, which the World Health Organization has once again ranked as the top infectious disease killer globally, is the first single-celled organism ever observed ...

For some forms of tuberculosis, the chances that an exposed person will become infected depend on whether the individual and the bacteria share a hometown, according to a new study comparing how ...

Tuberculosis has plagued humanity for thousands of years, and despite medical advances that can now help us prevent and cure it, the ancient bacterial disease still claims more human lives per year ...

Tuberculosis, the main cause of death due to a single pathogen globally, causes more than 1.5 million deaths each year. New research from the University of Cincinnati finds that being in prison or ...

Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of humanity’s oldest and most persistent health challenges. Despite significant medical advances, this infectious disease continues to affect millions globally, with ...

Highly localized TB strains are less infectious in cosmopolitan cities and more likely to infect people from the geographic area that is the strain's natural habitat. The research provides the first ...