When the antibiotic bedaquiline was introduced in 2012, it was the first new tuberculosis drug in over 40 years. Bedaquiline ...

Zhiqi Xiong et al, Structure and assembly of the MmpL5/MmpS5 efflux transporter from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-60365-5 ...

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Ocular or eye tuberculosis is a rare eye infection that involves the same bacteria as TB in the lungs. Treatment can take several months, but it is usually effective.

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant public health challenge in India, with around 27% of global TB burden. It is a contagious disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which ...

Granuloma structure and distribution of the antibiotic BTZ-043 in differently stained tissue sections of two tuberculosis granulomas. The stains show (in z-shaped order from top left to bottom right): ...

Scrofula, also called cervical tuberculous lymphadenitis, is a type of tuberculosis infection. It's caused by the same bacteria that causes pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). Tuberculosis is a highly ...

The protein MmpL5 is an efflux transporter, a critical pump that helps the pathogen M. tuberculosis grow by scavenging essential iron. Unfortunately, overexpressed MmpL5 can also pump out ...

Every year, 10 million people contract tuberculosis (TB), a disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), and approximately 1.5 million patients succumb to the disease. Treatment ...