Conceivable new anti-microbial created for drug-resistant pulmonary microorganism Kumar Jeetendra | December 9, 2020 Scientists from Johns Hopkins University and Medicine have developed a potential new antibiotic for a pathogen that is notoriously resistant to drugs and often lethal for people with cystic fibrosis and other lung disorders. The pathogen, called Mycobacterium abscessus, is related to some better-known bacterium that causes tuberculosis and leprosy but has recently emerged as …