Comparative fitness analysis of D-cycloserine resistant mutants reveals both fitness-neutral and high-fitness cost genotypes

D-cycloserine (DCS) has been used for decades to treat Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) but resistance is rarely observed in clinical isolates. Here, the authors report ultra-low rate of emergence of resistance mutations as the underlying mechanism of DCS resistance evasion in Mtb.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dimitrios Evangelopoulos, Gareth A. Prosser, Angela Rodgers, Belinda M. Dagg, Bhagwati Khatri, Mei Mei Ho, Maximiliano G. Gutierrez, Teresa Cortes, Luiz Pedro S. de Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12074-z