The Capacity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis To Survive Iron Starvation Might Enable It To Persist in Iron-Deprived Microenvironments of Human Granulomas
This study was conducted to investigate the role of iron deprivation in the persistence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We present evidence of iron restriction in human necrotic granulomas and demonstrate that under iron starvation M. tuberculosis persists, refractive to antibiotics and capable of re...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2017-08-01
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| Series: | mBio |
| Online Access: | http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/8/4/e01092-17 |