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Label-free optical vibrational spectroscopy to detect the metabolic state of M. tuberculosis cells at the site of disease

Tuberculosis relapse is a barrier to shorter treatment. It is thought that lipid rich cells, phenotypically resistant to antibiotics, may play a major role. Most studies investigating relapse use sputum samples although tissue bacteria may play an important role. We developed a non-destructive, labe...

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Autores principales: Baron, Vincent O., Chen, Mingzhou, Clark, Simon O., Williams, Ann, Hammond, Robert J. H., Dholakia, Kishan, Gillespie, Stephen H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5575044/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28852109
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-10234-z