Study Reveals How a Stubborn Lung Infection Evolves Inside Patients over Years

Study reveals how a stubborn lung infection evolves inside patients over years

Researchers at Trinity Translational Medicine Institute (TTMI) and the Irish Mycobacterial Reference Laboratory at St James's Hospital have uncovered how the bacterium Mycobacterium avium—a leading cause of difficult-to-treat chronic lung infections—changes and adapts inside patients over many years of illness.

Bacterium evolves over years in patients with lung infection, Irish study finds

Researchers found that Mycobacterium avium acquires roughly one new genetic change per year, with thirteen specific genes showing signs of adaptation to antibiotics The post Bacterium evolves over years in patients with lung infection, Irish study finds appeared first on Irish Medical Times.