BACKGROUND
Increasing numbers of individuals with cystic fibrosis are becoming infected with the multidrug-resistant non-tuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) Mycobacterium abscessus, which causes… (More)
Lung infections with Mycobacterium abscessus, a species of multidrug-resistant nontuberculous mycobacteria, are emerging as an important global threat to individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF), in… (More)
Many key components of innate immunity to infection are shared between Drosophila and humans. However, the fly Toll ligand Spaetzle is not thought to have a vertebrate equivalent. We have found that… (More)
We determined that the Vitek MS Plus matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry using research-use-only (RUO) v.4.12 and in vitro-diagnostic (IVD) v.3.0 databases… (More)
The clinical, management, and laboratory-based markers that WHO uses to define maternal nearmissed deaths will surely support benchmarking of maternal care in much of the world. Unfortunately, the… (More)