[HTML][HTML] Mycobacterium abscessus: It's Complex

HFM Abdelaal, ED Chan, L Young, SL Baldwin… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mycobacterium abscessus (M. abscessus) is an opportunistic pathogen usually colonizing
abnormal lung airways and is often seen in patients with cystic fibrosis. Currently, there is no …

[HTML][HTML] Virulence Mechanisms of Mycobacterium abscessus: Current Knowledge and Implications for Vaccine Design

KC Ferrell, MD Johansen, JA Triccas… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Mycobacterium abscessus is a member of the non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) group,
responsible for chronic infections in individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF) or those otherwise …

[HTML][HTML] Mycobacterium abscessus Morphotype Comparison in a Murine Model

LJ Caverly, SM Caceres, C Fratelli, C Happoldt… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Pulmonary infections with Mycobacterium abscessus (M. abscessus) are increasingly
prevalent in patients with lung diseases such as cystic fibrosis. M. abscessus exists in two …

[HTML][HTML] Mycobacterium abscessus: Environmental Bacterium Turned Clinical Nightmare

RC Lopeman, J Harrison, M Desai, JAG Cox - Microorganisms, 2019 - mdpi.com
Mycobacteria are a large family of over 100 species, most of which do not cause diseases in
humans. The majority of the mycobacterial species are referred to as nontuberculous …

Preclinical murine models to study lung infection with Mycobacterium abscessus complex

F Nicola, DM Cirillo, NI Lorè - Tuberculosis, 2023 - Elsevier
Mycobacterium abscessus is a non-tuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) able to cause
invasive pulmonary infections, named NTM pulmonary disease. The therapeutic approaches …

[HTML][HTML] The Diverse Cellular and Animal Models to Decipher the Physiopathological Traits of Mycobacterium abscessus Infection

A Bernut, JL Herrmann, D Ordway… - Frontiers in cellular and …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Mycobacterium abscessus represents an important respiratory pathogen among the rapidly-
growing non-tuberculous mycobacteria. Infections caused by M. abscessus are increasingly …

[HTML][HTML] Mycobacterium abscessus subsp abscessus lung disease:'trouble ahead, trouble behind…'

DE Griffith - F1000prime reports, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Mycobacterium abscessus subsp abscessus is the most common respiratory pathogen
among the rapidly growing non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) and is also the most feared …

Mycobacterium abscessus, a complex of three fast-growing subspecies sharing virulence traits with slow-growing mycobacteria

M Lagune, L Kremer, JL Herrmann - Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Mycobacterium abscessus belongs to the largest group of mycobacteria, the
rapid-growing saprophytic mycobacteria (RGM), and is one of the most difficult-to-treat …

Combined host-and pathogen-directed therapy for the control of Mycobacterium abscessus infection

N Poerio, C Riva, T Olimpieri, M Rossi… - Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Mycobacterium abscessus is the etiological agent of severe pulmonary infections in
vulnerable patients, such as those with cystic fibrosis (CF), where it represents a relevant …

[HTML][HTML] A mouse model of pulmonary Mycobacteroides abscessus infection

EC Maggioncalda, E Story-Roller, J Mylius, P Illei… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
There is no preclinical mouse model to investigate pulmonary Mycobacteroides abscessus
(formerly Mycobacterium abscessus) infection in an immunocompetent mouse strain …