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Phenotypically Adapted Mycobacterium tuberculosis Populations from Sputum Are Tolerant to First-Line Drugs.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Apr 2016
Turapov Obolbek, O'Connor Benjamin D, Sarybaeva Asel A, Williams Caroline, Patel Hemu, Kadyrov Abdullaat S, Sarybaev Akpay S, Woltmann Gerrit, Barer Michael R, Mukamolova Galina V
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Tuberculous sputum contains multipleMycobacterium tuberculosispopulations with different requirements for isolationin vitro These include cells that form colonies on solid media (plateableM. tuberculosis), cells requiring standard liquid medium for growth (nonplateableM. tuberculosis), and cells requiring supplementation of liquid medium with culture supernatant (SN) for growth (SN-dependentM. tuberculosis)....
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