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Modelling the effects of bacterial cell state and spatial location on tuberculosis treatment: Insights from a hybrid multiscale cellular automaton model

If improvements are to be made in tuberculosis (TB) treatment, an increased understanding of disease in the lung is needed. Studies have shown that bacteria in a less metabolically active state, associated with the presence of lipid bodies, are less susceptible to antibiotics, and recent results hav...

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Autores principales: Bowness, Ruth, Chaplain, Mark A.J., Powathil, Gibin G., Gillespie, Stephen H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5901892/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29524441
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2018.03.006