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  1. Nice demonstration by @[email protected] et al that some, but not all, non tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) intracellular growth in macrophages is pH sensitive #TBSky #immunosky onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

    Acidic pH Restricts Non‐Tuberc...

  2. Agree re potentially practice changing. Will be interesting to see if/when its performance gets tested in identifying asymptomatic (but probably infectious) TB cases. Could have even bigger impact on transmission and lowering case numbers. #IDSky #TBSky

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:skpxj6dpacrxznfvwrpfdiw4/post/3mkqrvxs26c2w

  3. i should add, finding it was triggered by this very good commentary (with a good title) #TBSky #IDSky www.nature.com/articles/s41...

    The ghost of tuberculosis past...

  4. I think i'd missed this. Generates many hypotheses (in my head anyway) on the biological pathways that may be underlying this increased risk of death for many years after TB diagnosis & treatmnent. #IDSky #TBSky www.nature.com/articles/s41...

    Long-term risk of death after ...

  5. Great progress on vaccines & host-directed therapies (HDT) in TB. Our review on IL-17👇 🎯protective early on & post-vaccine in animal models 👉desirable for vaccines? 🎯Drive pathology in TB disease👉target for HDT to limit post-TB lung damage? With @[email protected] @[email protected] #TBSky #ImmunoSky

    Context-specific roles for IL-...

  6. Of note, TB helps here - turnaround time not THAT fast (still 16 days from positive culture to WGS guided treatment recommendations), but it's a slow disease. Not easily applicable to all other infections #TBSky #IDSky #ESCMIDGlobal2026 (2/3)

  7. Nice vision by Nicholas Paton for TB treatment in the future. 8 week oral treatment followed by long-acting injectable that could be antimicrobial +/- host-directed. Definitely a post to come back to in 5-10 years' time! #ESCMIDGlobal2026 #IDSky #TBSky

  8. Recent nice paper @[email protected] looked at this: radiolgical changes (not culture) in asymptomatic contacts predictive of risk of TB disease development. PET-CT best but CXR not bad and feasible. @[email protected] www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #IDSky #TBSky #ESCMIDGlobal2026 (2/2)

  9. Excellent talk from Hanif Esmail on asymptomatic TB. Around half of M tuberculosis culture positive patients have no symptoms & probably contributes to transmission. Who should we offer treatment to? #TBSky #IDSky #ESCMIDGlobal2026 (1/2)

  10. This is a very appealing meeting in Paris later this year... "The complexity of mycobacterial infections: from research to real-world impact" #EMBOComplexInfections #TBSky for the tuberculosis research, but also #NTM #Leprosy #IDSky #ImmunoSky meetings.embo.org/event/26-myc...

    The complexity of mycobacteria...