Individual mycobacteria respond differently to antibiotics based on growth and timing
Friday, July 1, 2016 - 12:51
in Health & Medicine
Tuberculosis is one of the most common infectious diseases in the world, infecting almost 10 million people each year. Treating the disease can be challenging and requires a combination of multiple antibiotics delivered over several months. This is due, in part, to variations in antibiotic tolerance among subpopulations of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria that cause […]