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Macrophage apoptosis in mycobacterial infections
1 Nov 1999
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacterial diseases are a major public health concern. In the case of tuberculosis, the problem has been acerbated due to the emergence of drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and Mycobacterium avium is the major opportunistic pathogen in HIV-1 infection in the United States. M. tuberculosis and M. avium replicate in human macrophages and induce apoptosis. Incubation of freshly added...
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