Mycobacterium intracellulare M.i.198—A Promising Strain for Studying Pathogenesis of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease (NTM‐PD)
Yoshitaka Tateishi, Ryoji Maekura, Yukiko Nishiuchi, Sohkichi Matsumoto · 2026
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Yoshitaka Tateishi and three colleagues present a 2026 review of a germ strain that may help labs study a slow lung disease. The strain is a type of Mycobacterium taken from a patient whose lung disease grew worse until surgery was needed.
In mice, this strain causes disease that keeps growing. Germ counts rise, tissue swells, and high doses can kill. That makes it useful for testing new drugs in live animals. The strain also resists a key drug and can be changed in the lab, which is rare in its group. The review weighs this strain against others now used in mouse work.
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| CREATOR | Yoshitaka Tateishi, Ryoji Maekura, Yukiko Nishiuchi, Sohkichi Matsumoto |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 38 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |