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A novel in vitro multiple-stress dormancy model for Mycobacterium tuberculosis generates a lipid-loaded, drug-tolerant, dormant pathogen.
PloS one - 29 Jun 2009
Deb Chirajyoti, Lee Chang-Muk, Dubey Vinod S, Daniel Jaiyanth, Abomoelak Bassam, Sirakova Tatiana D, Pawar Santosh, Rogers Linda, Kolattukudy Pappachan E
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BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) becomes dormant and phenotypically drug resistant when it encounters multiple stresses within the host. Inability of currently available drugs to kill latent Mtb is a major impediment to curing and possibly eradicating tuberculosis (TB). Most in vitro dormancy models, using single stress factors, fail to generate a truly dormant Mtb population. An in vitro model that...
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