Mycobacterium avium Infection of Multinucleated Giant Cells Reveals Association of Bacterial Survival to Autophagy and Cholesterol Utilization

Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis (M. avium) is an opportunistic environmental pathogen that typically infects patients with existing lung conditions such as cystic fibrosis or COPD. Pulmonary M. avium infection generates peribronchial granulomas that contain infected macrophages and multinucle...

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Main Authors: Jayanthi J. Joseph, Amy Leestemaker-Palmer, Soheila Kazemi, Lia Danelishvili, Luiz E. Bermudez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-01-01
Series:Cellular Microbiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/5064371
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