Directly observing therapy: a new view of drug tolerance in tuberculosis.

Philips, Jennifer A; Ernst, Joel D · Cell · 2011

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Drug tolerance in bacteria is widely believed to be due to metabolic changes that accompany growth arrest. A study in this issue of Cell reveals a drug tolerance mechanism in replicating mycobacteria that is induced by residence in macrophages and depends on drug efflux.