Researchers at Trinity Translational Medicine Institute (TTMI) and the Irish Mycobacterial Reference Laboratory at St James's Hospital have uncovered how the bacterium Mycobacterium avium—a leading ...

DRESHER, PA. (WPVI) -- We need bacteria to digest food and absorb nutrients. However, when a bacteria commonly found in soil and water gets into our lungs, it can cause trouble, in the form of a MAC ...

Patients with nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease caused by Mycobacterium avium complex had significantly improved survival if they achieved microbiological cure at the end of treatment, ...

Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) is a pathogenic bacterium responsible for Johne’s disease, a chronic granulomatous enteritis primarily affecting ruminants. This disease poses ...

Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) bacteria can be found everywhere, so almost everyone breathes some of it in occasionally. While these microbes are related to deadly Mycobacterium tuberculosis, MAC ...

In what may be the scariest shower news since Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho," a study says shower heads can harbor tiny bacteria that come spraying into your face when you wash. People with normal immune ...

Dear Doctors: I suffered extensive fatigue that I had attributed to a COVID-19 infection. Then a lung culture found something called mycobacterium avium complex. Would you kindly consider discussing ...

If you are the type of person who keeps one eye open while washing your face (the better to catch ghostly reflections in the mirror, of course), here’s another horrifying bathroom scenario you might ...

Scientists have discovered that a bone infection is caused by a newly described species of bacteria that is related to the tuberculosis pathogen. The discovery may help improve the diagnosis and ...