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Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the bacterial species that causes tuberculosis (TB), a potentially serious infectious disease that most often affects the lungs. A slow-growing, acid-fast member of the Mycobacteriaceae family, it spreads through airborne droplets released when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Comm…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 11 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 15× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2690-4721 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the bacterial species that causes tuberculosis (TB), a potentially serious infectious disease that most often affects the lungs. A slow-growing, acid-fast member of the Mycobacteriaceae family, it spreads through airborne droplets released when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Common features of active disease include persistent cough, fever, night sweats, and weight loss, and untreated infection can be fatal; diagnosis and effective treatment depend on accurate detection of the organism and of drug resistance. Research in the International Journal of Clinical Microbiology and affiliated journals addresses these clinical and diagnostic challenges. One study evaluates the diagnostic performance of smear microscopy and the Xpert MTB/RIF assay against MGIT culture, comparing methods used to confirm infection, while other work characterizes rpoB gene mutations associated with rifampicin resistance in multidrug-resistant TB patients co-infected with HIV. Additional reports describe the synthesis of a labeled compound investigated as a potential Mycobacterium tuberculosis imaging agent and document hepatic tuberculosis presenting in an unusual pseudotumor form. Together these peer-reviewed, open-access articles gather evidence relevant to the detection, drug resistance, and clinical manifestations of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.

Research published in this journal

11 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 11 articles above have been cited 15 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in International Journal of Clinical Microbiology (ISSN 2690-4721).

Journal editorial board
Tonmoy Debnath · Taiwan A.C. Matin · United States Sandeep Misra · United States

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