Association of slow recovery of patients infected with Mycobacterium africanum posttreatment with high content of Persister-Like bacilli in pretreatment sputum

Conclusion The slow clinical recovery of M. africanum-infected patients compared with M. tuberculosis-infected patients posttreatment may be at least partially associated with the persistence of drug-tolerant “fat and lazy” bacilli.
Source: International Journal of Mycobacteriology - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research