[HTML][HTML] Host and pathogen response to bacteriophage engineered against Mycobacterium abscessus lung infection

JA Nick, RM Dedrick, AL Gray, EK Vladar, BE Smith… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Two mycobacteriophages were administered intravenously to a male with treatment-
refractory Mycobacterium abscessus pulmonary infection and severe cystic fibrosis lung …

Whole genome sequencing in the management of non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections

M Dohál, I Porvazník, I Solovič, J Mokrý - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Infections caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) have been a public health
problem in recent decades and contribute significantly to the clinical and economic burden …

Culture, identification, and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacteria

R Khare, BA Brown-Elliott - Clinics in Chest Medicine, 2023 - chestmed.theclinics.com
BACKGROUND Nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) pulmonary disease is increasing
globally. 1 Pulmonary infections are typically opportunistic and associated with immune …

Investigating nontuberculous mycobacteria transmission at the Colorado adult cystic fibrosis program

JE Gross, S Caceres, K Poch, NA Hasan… - American journal of …, 2022 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Healthcare-associated transmission of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM)
among people with cystic fibrosis (pwCF) has been investigated at CF centers worldwide …

Genomic epidemiology of Mycobacterium abscessus in a Canadian cystic fibrosis centre

N Waglechner, E Tullis, AL Stephenson, V Waters… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The Mycobacterium abscessus complex causes significant morbidity and mortality among
patients with Cystic Fibrosis (CF). It has been hypothesized that these organisms are …

Potential cross-transmission of Mycobacterium abscessus among non-cystic fibrosis patients at a tertiary hospital in Japan

K Fujiwara, M Yoshida, Y Murase, A Aono… - Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Mycobacterium abscessus (M. abscessus) is a highly antimicrobial-resistant pathogen that
causes refractory pulmonary disease. Recently, the possibility of M. abscessus cross …

Genomic analysis of a hospital-associated outbreak of Mycobacterium abscessus: implications on transmission

RM Davidson, SE Nick, SM Kammlade… - Journal of clinical …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) has recently been used to investigate acquisition of
Mycobacterium abscessus. Investigators have reached conflicting conclusions about the …

Molecular Epidemiologic Investigation of Mycobacterium intracellulare Subspecies chimaera Lung Infections at an Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program

JE Gross, CC Teneback, JG Sweet… - Annals of the …, 2023 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Outbreaks of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) among people with cystic
fibrosis (pwCF) have been reported at CF centers with conflicting conclusions. The …

Delineating Mycobacterium abscessus population structure and transmission employing high-resolution core genome multilocus sequence typing

M Diricks, M Merker, N Wetzstein, TA Kohl… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Mycobacterium abscessus is an emerging multidrug-resistant non-tuberculous
mycobacterium that causes a wide spectrum of infections and has caused several local …

Culture independent markers of nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) lung infection and disease in the cystic fibrosis airway

JA Nick, KC Malcolm, KB Hisert, EA Wheeler… - Tuberculosis, 2023 - Elsevier
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are opportunistic pathogens that affect a relatively
small but significant portion of the people with cystic fibrosis (CF), and may cause increased …