Study unravels clinical, genomic characteristics of non-tuberculous mycobacteria in Europe

Age density plot (A), maximum-likelihood phylogenetic tree of first isolates from single patients, based on 30,345 distinct alignment patterns, (B), and overall clinical characteristics (C) of patients from Frankfurt University Hospital. Credit: Genome Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.1186/s13073-024-01359-8 A multinational European study provides the first comprehensive clinical and genomic data on the Mycobacterium avium complex from continental Europe. The data reveal the population structure of this group of pathogens and indicate that plasmids play a significant role in their evolution and might contribute to resistance and virulence of these bacteria. When discussing mycobacteria, people typically think of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative Read More