Tobramycin enhances Mycobacterium abscessus fitness through whiB7 induction
Jodi M. Corley, Jack H. Congel, Kelsey Cornell Haist, Alma E. Ochoa, Kenneth C. Malcolm, William J. Janssen, Jerry A. Nick, Katherine B. Hisert
This paper shows tobramycin increases Mycobacterium abscessus survival by inducing whiB7, which enhances resistance to oxidative stress and macrophage killing.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Sep 17, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology