Source Of Drug-tolerant Tuberculosis Possibly Behind TB Relapses...

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Fri, 06/13/2008 - 08:15

The primary bacteria behind tuberculosis can grow on surfaces and that drug-tolerant strains flourish in these bacterial communities, according to new research in Molecular Microbiology.

The findings suggest a possible reason why human tuberculosis requires months of intensive antibiotic treatment and indicate a potential cause of the relapses that can nonetheless occur.

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