Dr. Carpenter is researching how T cells respond to tuberculosis in the hopes of preventing active TB disease.

A vaccine protects more than 100 million infants each year from severe tuberculosis (TB), including the fatal brain swelling it can cause in babies and toddlers. But the vaccine doesn't prevent adults ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) are two distinct types of bacteria that can cause infections in the lungs and other parts of the body. Learn more here.

The Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria can quickly become resistant to antibiotics, so routine treatment includes multiple antibiotics which increases adverse effects.

In the lab, the researchers grew Mycobacterium tuberculosis alongside each of about 1,500 species of fungi collected from the gray layer of several peat bogs in the northeastern U.S.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of the respiratory disease tuberculosis, caused 1.6 million deaths in 2021. Tuberculosis, despite being preventable and curable, is responsible for ...

Tuberculosis is primarily transmitted through the air when people with active pulmonary or laryngeal TB cough, speak, sing, sneeze, or otherwise expel tiny droplets containing Mycobacterium ...

What Is Mycobacterium Bovis? Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) is a bacterium belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis group that causes bovine tuberculous disease in humans and animals.

Tuberculosis (TB) primarily affects the lungs. However, TB-causing bacteria can lead to pus collecting in the tissues. This is known as an abscess. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) is ...

Tuberculosis-causing bacteria — Mycobacterium Tuberculosis — can live in the body for years without causing symptoms. This silent germ is called latent TB infection (LTBI), the CDC says.