It mostly affects people who live in hot and humid countries. Mycobacterium marinum. This NTM tends to hang around marine life. But it can sometimes cause a skin infection in healthy humans.

Two weeks after the last immunization, mice were sacrificed and their sera were collected. For analysis of Rv1505c expression in recombinant BCG and M. marinum strains, cell lysates were prepared and ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is still the world’s second deadliest infectious disease killing 1.5 million people and with an estimated 9.6 million new cases reported to the WHO in 2015 (1). An estimated ...

This important study reveals that disrupting fatty acid metabolism in macrophages significantly restricts the growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, showing that impaired lipid processing triggers ...

One user with Florida swamp 'experience' agreed, warning: "Be careful of Mycobacterium Marinum. An infection may present itself slowly and in many cases will result in skin lesions and joint ...

Table 1. Microbiology and antimicrobial therapy of bite infections.

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2011;9(2):215-226.

Transporters are integral-membrane proteins that form a pore within the plasma membrane to allow passage of various types of molecules, including ions, small molecules and proteins. Transporters ...

Molecular Diagnosis and Treatment Center for Infectious Diseases, Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, No.2 Lujing Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou 510091, Guangdong, China Institute for ...

Peer ReviewDownload a summary of the editorial decision process including editorial decision letters, reviewer comments and author responses to feedback. In 2020–2021, a “mysterious illness” struck ...