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Tuberculosis
Researchers from University of Pittsburgh describe findings in tuberculosis
September 2nd, 2008
According to recent research from the United States, "Successful treatment of human tuberculosis requires 6-9 months' therapy with multiple antibiotics." "Incomplete clearance of tubercle bacilli frequently results in disease relapse, presumably as a result of reactivation of persistent drug-tolerant Mycobacterium tuberculosis cells, although the nature and location of these persisters are not known. In other pathogens, antibiotic tolerance is often associated with the formation of biofilms - organized communities of surface-attached cells - but physiologically and genetically defined M. tuberculosis biofilms have not been described," wrote A.K. Ojha and colleagues,...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-09-02)
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