Drug resistant Tuberculosis: A review

JL Khawbung, D Nath, S Chakraborty - … immunology, microbiology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Tuberculosis (TB) was announced as a global emergency in 1993. There was an alarming
counter attack of TB worldwide. However, when it was known that TB can be cured …

Tackling threats and future problems of multidrug-resistant bacteria

E Medina, DH Pieper - How to overcome the antibiotic crisis: facts …, 2016 - Springer
With the advent of the antibiotic era, the overuse and inappropriate consumption and
application of antibiotics have driven the rapid emergence of multidrug-resistant pathogens …

[HTML][HTML] CRISPRi chemical genetics and comparative genomics identify genes mediating drug potency in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

S Li, NC Poulton, JS Chang, ZA Azadian… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection is notoriously difficult to treat. Treatment efficacy
is limited by Mtb's intrinsic drug resistance, as well as its ability to evolve acquired resistance …

Genome-wide analysis of multi- and extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

F Coll, J Phelan, GA Hill-Cawthorne, MB Nair… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
To characterize the genetic determinants of resistance to antituberculosis drugs, we
performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of 6,465 Mycobacterium tuberculosis …

Cell wall peptidoglycan in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: An Achilles' heel for the TB-causing pathogen

A Maitra, T Munshi, J Healy, LT Martin… - FEMS microbiology …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Tuberculosis (TB), caused by the intracellular pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
remains one of the leading causes of mortality across the world. There is an urgent …

[HTML][HTML] Drug Resistance Mechanisms in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

JC Palomino, A Martin - Antibiotics, 2014 - mdpi.com
Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious public health problem worldwide. Its situation is worsened by
the presence of multidrug resistant (MDR) strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the …

[HTML][HTML] Crystal structures of membrane transporter MmpL3, an anti-TB drug target

B Zhang, J Li, X Yang, L Wu, J Zhang, Y Yang, Y Zhao… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Despite intensive efforts to discover highly effective treatments to eradicate tuberculosis
(TB), it remains as a major threat to global human health. For this reason, new TB drugs …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the potential of endophytes from medicinal plants as sources of antimycobacterial compounds

A Alvin, KI Miller, BA Neilan - Microbiological research, 2014 - Elsevier
Natural product drug discovery has regained interest due to low production costs, structural
diversity, and multiple uses of active compounds to treat various diseases. Attention has …

Antibiotic resistance mechanisms in M. tuberculosis: an update

L Nguyen - Archives of toxicology, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Treatment of tuberculosis (TB) has been a therapeutic challenge because of not
only the naturally high resistance level of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to antibiotics but also …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic Mutations Associated with Isoniazid Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: A Systematic Review

M Seifert, D Catanzaro, A Catanzaro, TC Rodwell - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Tuberculosis (TB) incidence and mortality are declining worldwide; however,
poor detection of drug-resistant disease threatens to reverse current progress toward global …