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Tuberculosis
Reports from E. Lemma and colleagues advance knowledge in tuberculosis
July 22nd, 2008
"Environmental persistence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is subject to speculation. However, the reality that infected postmortem tissues can be a danger to pathologists and embalmers has worrisome implications," researchers in Jerusalem, Israel report. "A few experimental studies have demonstrated the organism's ability to withstand exposure to embalming fluid and formalin. Recently, a failure was reported in an attempt to resuscitate an original isolate of Robert Koch to determine the lifetime of the tubercle bacillus. The present study also considers a historical approach to determine persistence under favorable environmental conditions. It asks whether acid-fast...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-07-22)
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