Mycobacteria | German Center for Infection Research

Short description

Mycobacteria are a bacterial genus, which includes the -causing Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the leprosy-causing Mycobacterium leprae.

Detailed description

Mycobacteria are commonly found in nature. They exist in soil and water and in all animal species. Some species cause disease in humans.

Jun 2022

Front Pharmacol

In vitro Activity of Repurposed Nitroxoline Against Clinically Isolated Mycobacteria Including Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Hoffmann AM et al.

Schematic structure of BTZ-043 with three six-membered rings and side chains.

Leibniz active agent of the year 2023 is a tuberculosis antibiotic candidate

The drug candidate BTZ-043 has a novel mechanism of action and belongs to a new class of substances. Discovered at the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (Leibniz-HKI

Xiretsa wins INCATE stage II funding: Boosting a new class of antibiotics

The INCubator for Antibacterial Therapies in Europe, INCATE, aims to support innovators in the early stages of developing therapies in the field of antimicrobial resistance. The German Center for

Antibiotics resistance: Tuberculosis therapy at the limit?

The development of antibiotic resistance is increasingly complicating the treatment of tuberculosis. Patients suffering from multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) are particularly hard hit. In

Heidelberg University Hospital

Abdominal and thoracic ultrasound for the diagnosis of pulmonary and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis

Children as well as HIV-positive adults often suffer from extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB). Due to the low sensitivity of routine microbiological TB tests, it is often difficult to obtain confirmation of mycobacterial disease. Point-of-care ultrasound (POC-US) is becoming increasingly established as ...

Apr 2017

Clin Infect Dis