Genetic Determinants of Intrinsic Antibiotic Tolerance in Mycobacterium avium

Genetic Determinants of Intrinsic Antibiotic Tolerance in Mycobacterium avium

ABSTRACT The Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) is one of the most prevalent causes of nontuberculous mycobacteria pulmonary infection in the United States, and yet it remains understudied. Current MAC treatment requires more than a year of intermittent to daily combination antibiotic therapy, depend...

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Main Authors: William M. Matern, Harley Parker, Carina Danchik, Leah Hoover, Joel S. Bader, Petros C. Karakousis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2021-10-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
Subjects:
DNA sequencing
bioinformatics
mechanisms of action
molecular genetics
persistence
tolerance
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/Spectrum.00246-21

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