Drug-resistant tuberculosis: a persistent global health concern

M Farhat, H Cox, M Ghanem, CM Denkinger… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is estimated to cause 13% of all antimicrobial resistance-
attributable deaths worldwide and is driven by both ongoing resistance acquisition and …

Unraveling the mechanisms of intrinsic drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

NC Poulton, JM Rock - Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Tuberculosis (TB) is among the most difficult infections to treat, requiring several months of
multidrug therapy to produce a durable cure. The reasons necessitating long treatment times …

The evolution of antibiotic resistance is associated with collateral drug phenotypes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

NJE Waller, CY Cheung, GM Cook… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The increasing incidence of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis has diminished
the efficacy of almost all available antibiotics, complicating efforts to combat the spread of …

[图书][B] Catalogue of mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and their association with drug resistance

World Health Organization - 2023 - books.google.com
Page 1 Catalogue of mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and their
association with drug resistance Second edition Page 2 Page 3 Catalogue of mutations in …

Evaluation of Nanopore sequencing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug susceptibility testing and outbreak investigation: a genomic analysis

MB Hall, MS Rabodoarivelo, A Koch… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Mycobacterium tuberculosis whole-genome sequencing (WGS) has been
widely used for genotypic drug susceptibility testing (DST) and outbreak investigation. For …

Catalase activity deficiency sensitizes multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis to the ATP synthase inhibitor bedaquiline

B Ofori-Anyinam, M Hamblin, ML Coldren, B Li… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), defined as resistance to the first-line drugs
isoniazid and rifampin, is a growing source of global mortality and threatens global control of …

Essential gene knockdowns reveal genetic vulnerabilities and antibiotic sensitivities in Acinetobacter baumannii

RD Ward, JS Tran, AB Banta, EE Bacon, WE Rose… - Mbio, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
The emergence of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria underscores the need to
define genetic vulnerabilities that can be therapeutically exploited. The Gram-negative …

[HTML][HTML] MtrA modulates Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell division in host microenvironments to mediate intrinsic resistance and drug tolerance

EJR Peterson, AN Brooks, DJ Reiss, A Kaur, J Do… - Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
The success of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is largely attributed to its ability to
physiologically adapt and withstand diverse localized stresses within host …

The Mycobacterium tuberculosis genome at 25 years: lessons and lingering questions

BN Koleske, WR Jacobs… - The Journal of clinical …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
First achieved in 1998 by Cole et al., the complete genome sequence of Mycobacterium
tuberculosis continues to provide an invaluable resource to understand tuberculosis (TB) …

Therapeutic developments for tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease

V Dartois, T Dick - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2024 - nature.com
Tuberculosis (TB) drug discovery and development has undergone nothing short of a
revolution over the past 20 years. Successful public–private partnerships and sustained …