Non-tuberculous mycobacteria and the rise of Mycobacterium abscessus

MD Johansen, JL Herrmann, L Kremer - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2020 - nature.com
Infections caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are increasing globally and are
notoriously difficult to treat due to intrinsic resistance of these bacteria to many common …

A review of the research literature on evidence-based healthcare design

RS Ulrich, C Zimring, X Zhu, J DuBose… - … Research & Design …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: This report surveys and evaluates the scientific research on evidence-based
healthcare design and extracts its implications for designing better and safer hospitals …

Enrichment of tetracycline-degrading bacterial consortia: microbial community succession and degradation characteristics and mechanism

X Chen, Y Ke, Y Zhu, M Xu, C Chen, S Xie - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Tetracycline (TC) is an antibiotic that is recently found as an emerging pollutant with low
biodegradability. Biodegradation shows great potential for TC dissipation. In this study, two …

Opportunistic pathogens enriched in showerhead biofilms

LM Feazel, LK Baumgartner… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
The environments we humans encounter daily are sources of exposure to diverse microbial
communities, some of potential concern to human health. In this study, we used culture …

Spatial variability in airborne bacterial communities across land-use types and their relationship to the bacterial communities of potential source environments

RM Bowers, S McLetchie, R Knight, N Fierer - The ISME journal, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Although bacteria are ubiquitous in the near-surface atmosphere and they can have
important effects on human health, airborne bacteria have received relatively little attention …

[图书][B] Practical handbook of microbiology

LH Green, E Goldman - 2021 - books.google.com
Practical Handbook of Microbiology, 4th edition provides basic, clear and concise
knowledge and practical information about working with microorganisms. Useful to anyone …

Infection Sources of a Common Non-tuberculous Mycobacterial Pathogen, Mycobacterium avium Complex

Y Nishiuchi, T Iwamoto, F Maruyama - Frontiers in medicine, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Numerous studies have revealed a continuous increase in the worldwide incidence and
prevalence of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) diseases, especially pulmonary …

Infections due to rapidly growing mycobacteria

MA De Groote, G Huitt - Clinical infectious diseases, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Rapidly growing mycobacteria, generally of low virulence, are capable of causing a wide
spectrum of infections. Increasing reports in the literature, referral center experiences, and …

Short-read assembly of full-length 16S amplicons reveals bacterial diversity in subsurface sediments

CS Miller, KM Handley, KC Wrighton, KR Frischkorn… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
In microbial ecology, a fundamental question relates to how community diversity and
composition change in response to perturbation. Most studies have had limited ability to …

Characterization of airborne microbial communities at a high-elevation site and their potential to act as atmospheric ice nuclei

RM Bowers, CL Lauber, C Wiedinmyer… - Applied and …, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacteria and fungi are ubiquitous in the atmosphere. The diversity and abundance of
airborne microbes may be strongly influenced by atmospheric conditions or even influence …