Characterization and Transcriptome Analysis of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Mycobacterium tuberculosis</named-content> Persisters
ABSTRACT Tuberculosis continues to be a major public health problem in many parts of the world. Significant obstacles in controlling the epidemic are the length of treatment and the large reservoir of latently infected people. Bacteria form dormant, drug-tolerant persister cells, which may be respon...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2011-07-01
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Series: | mBio |
Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00100-11 |