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Replication rates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in human macrophages do not correlate with mycobacterial antibiotic susceptibility.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Raffetseder Johanna, Pienaar Elsje, Blomgran Robert, Eklund Daniel, Patcha Brodin Veronika, Andersson Henrik, Welin Amanda, Lerm Maria
Abstract excerpt
The standard treatment of tuberculosis (TB) takes six to nine months to complete and this lengthy therapy contributes to the emergence of drug-resistant TB. TB is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and the ability of this bacterium to switch to a dormant phenotype has been suggested to be responsible for the slow clearance during treatment. A recent study showed that the replication rate of a non-virulent...
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