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Extreme Drug Tolerance of Mycobacterium abscessus “Persisters”

Persistence of infection despite extensive chemotherapy with antibiotics displaying low MICs is a hallmark of lung disease caused by Mycobacterium abscessus (Mab). Thus, the classical MIC assay is a poor predictor of clinical outcome. Discovery of more efficacious antibiotics requires more predictiv...

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Autores principales: Yam, Yee-Kuen, Alvarez, Nadine, Go, Mei-Lin, Dick, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7064438/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32194537
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00359