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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Pathogenesis, Infection Prevention and Treatment
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and it represents a persistent public health threat for a number of complex biological and sociological reasons. According to the most recent Global Tuberculosis Report (2019) edited by the World Heal...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7281116/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32443469 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9050385 |
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author | Miggiano, Riccardo Rizzi, Menico Ferraris, Davide M. |
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description | Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and it represents a persistent public health threat for a number of complex biological and sociological reasons. According to the most recent Global Tuberculosis Report (2019) edited by the World Health Organization (WHO), TB is considered the ninth cause of death worldwide and the leading cause of mortality by a single infectious agent, with the highest rate of infections and death toll rate mostly concentrated in developing and low-income countries. We present here the editorial section to the Special Issue entitled “Mycobacterium tuberculosis Pathogenesis, Infection Prevention and Treatment” that includes 7 research articles and a review. The scientific contributions included in the Special Issue mainly focus on the characterization of MTB strains emerging in TB endemic countries as well as on multiple mechanisms adopted by the bacteria to resist and to adapt to antitubercular therapies. |
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spelling | pubmed-72811162020-06-15 Mycobacterium tuberculosis Pathogenesis, Infection Prevention and Treatment Miggiano, Riccardo Rizzi, Menico Ferraris, Davide M. Pathogens Editorial Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and it represents a persistent public health threat for a number of complex biological and sociological reasons. According to the most recent Global Tuberculosis Report (2019) edited by the World Health Organization (WHO), TB is considered the ninth cause of death worldwide and the leading cause of mortality by a single infectious agent, with the highest rate of infections and death toll rate mostly concentrated in developing and low-income countries. We present here the editorial section to the Special Issue entitled “Mycobacterium tuberculosis Pathogenesis, Infection Prevention and Treatment” that includes 7 research articles and a review. The scientific contributions included in the Special Issue mainly focus on the characterization of MTB strains emerging in TB endemic countries as well as on multiple mechanisms adopted by the bacteria to resist and to adapt to antitubercular therapies. MDPI 2020-05-18 /pmc/articles/PMC7281116/ /pubmed/32443469 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9050385 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Editorial Miggiano, Riccardo Rizzi, Menico Ferraris, Davide M. Mycobacterium tuberculosis Pathogenesis, Infection Prevention and Treatment |
title | Mycobacterium tuberculosis Pathogenesis, Infection Prevention and Treatment |
title_full | Mycobacterium tuberculosis Pathogenesis, Infection Prevention and Treatment |
title_fullStr | Mycobacterium tuberculosis Pathogenesis, Infection Prevention and Treatment |
title_full_unstemmed | Mycobacterium tuberculosis Pathogenesis, Infection Prevention and Treatment |
title_short | Mycobacterium tuberculosis Pathogenesis, Infection Prevention and Treatment |
title_sort | mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogenesis, infection prevention and treatment |
topic | Editorial |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7281116/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32443469 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9050385 |
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