Rationally tailored antibiotic selection circumvents toxin-mediated evasion of killing in Mycobacterium abscessus
Among clinically important non-tuberculous mycobacteria, Mycobacterium abscessus (Mab) has a large and highly dynamic accessory genome within an open pangenome, contributing traits that enhance drug resistance, bacterial persistence, stress survival, metabolic flexibility, and/or virulence. Defining how accessory l...