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Researchers have identified a compound that can fight against all the strains of the drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria responsible for tuberculosis...
In the age of antimicrobial resistance, a new study has found a promising compound that can work against the bacteria that causes tuberculosis, including its drug-resistance strains...
This new compound has shown promising results against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria responsible for tuberculosis, and the leading cause of bacterial disease-related deaths globally...
The researchers, who published their findings in the journal Microbiology Spectrum, said that since current tuberculosis treatments are outdated, require long durations, and face the growing issue of antibiotic resistance, this discovery offers hope for developing more effective anti-tuberculosis drugs...
"Our finding that the new compound is effective against other members of the Mycobacterium genus may also prove to be valuable in the fight against deadly lung infections caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria, which are notoriously resistant to most antibiotics," said Dr Jim Sun, a microbiology professor at the University of British Columbia and the study's lead author...
