Differential Culturability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Culture-Negative Sputum of Patients With Pulmonary Tuberculosis and in a Simulated Model of Dormancy
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading killer among infectious diseases of humans worldwide. Delayed diagnosis is a crucial problem in global TB control programs. Bacteriological methods currently used to diagnose TB in endemic countries take up to 8 weeks, which poses a significant delay in starting a...
Main Authors: | Azger Dusthackeer, Magizhaveni Balasubramanian, Govindarajan Shanmugam, Shanmuga Priya, Christy Rosaline Nirmal, Rajadas Sam Ebenezer, Angayarkanni Balasubramanian, Rajesh Kumar Mondal, Kannan Thiruvenkadam, A. K. Hemanth Kumar, Geetha Ramachandran, Selvakumar Subbian |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2019-10-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02381/full |
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