Differential Culturability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Culture-Negative Sputum of Patients With Pulmonary Tuberculosis and in a Simulated Model of Dormancy

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...

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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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
tuberculosis
bacteriological diagnosis
resuscitation
Mycobacteirum tuberculosis
clinical isolate organism
sputum samples
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02381/full

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