Biofilms of Pathogenic Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Targeted by New Therapeutic Approaches

• Main Authors: Aung, Thet Tun, Yam, Joey Kuok Hoong, Lin, Shuimu, Salleh, Shuhaida Mohamed, Givskov, Michael, Liu, Shouping, Lwin, Nyein Chan, Yang, Liang, Beuerman, Roger W.
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: deoxyribonuclease; atypical Mycobacterium
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82640; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40220
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Microbial infections of the cornea are potentially devastating and can result in permanent visual loss or require vision-rescuing surgery. In recent years, there has been an increasing number of reports on nontuberculous mycobacterial infections of the cornea. Challenges to the management of nontube...