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The competitive cost of antibiotic resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 30 Jun 2006
Gagneux Sebastien, Long Clara Davis, Small Peter M, Van Tran, Schoolnik Gary K, Bohannan Brendan J M
Abstract excerpt
Mathematical models predict that the future of the multidrug-resistant tuberculosis epidemic will depend on the fitness cost of drug resistance. We show that in laboratory-derived mutants of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, rifampin resistance is universally associated with a competitive fitness cost...
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