Biofilms: Survival and defense strategy for pathogens

A Kumar, A Alam, M Rani, NZ Ehtesham… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Studies on biofilm related infections are gaining prominence owing to their involvement in
majority of clinical infections. Biofilm, considered as a generic mechanism for survival used …

General overview on nontuberculous mycobacteria, biofilms, and human infection

S Faria, I Joao, L Jordao - Journal of pathogens, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are emergent pathogens whose importance in human
health has been growing. After being regarded mainly as etiological agents of opportunist …

[HTML][HTML] Mycobacterium abscessus biofilms produce an extracellular matrix and have a distinct mycolic acid profile

A Dokic, E Peterson, ML Arrieta-Ortiz, M Pan, A Di Maio… - The Cell Surface, 2021 - Elsevier
A non-tuberculous mycobacterium, Mycobacterium abscessus is an emerging opportunistic
pathogen associated with difficult to treat pulmonary infections, particularly in patients …

Shifting paradigms of nontuberculous mycobacteria in cystic fibrosis

T Qvist, T Pressler, N Høiby, TL Katzenstein - Respiratory research, 2014 - Springer
Important paradigms of pulmonary disease with nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are
currently shifting based on an increasing attention within the field of cystic fibrosis (CF) …

Mycobacteria clumping increase their capacity to damage macrophages

C Brambilla, M Llorens-Fons, E Julián… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The rough morphotypes of non-tuberculous mycobacteria have been associated with the
most severe illnesses in humans. This idea is consistent with the fact that Mycobacterium …

Биопленки–феномен формирования резистентности микроорганизмов в различных экосистемах

НВ Немцева - Бюллетень Оренбургского научного центра УрО …, 2019 - cyberleninka.ru
Современный кризис антибиотиков по сути является эволюционной проблемой,
которая определяется, прежде всего, адаптивными характеристиками самих …

Mycobacterium abscessus biofilms produce an ECM and have a distinct mycolic acid profile

A Dokic, E Peterson, ML Arrieta-Ortiz, M Pan, A Di Maio… - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
A non-tuberculous mycobacterium (NTM), Mycobacterium abscessus is an emerging
opportunistic pathogen associated with difficult to treat pulmonary infections, particularly in …