Fitness of drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the impact on the transmission among household contacts

There has been an on-going debate on whether the development of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis reduces its relative fitness and its ability to cause disease. The aim of this study was to explore this relationship. For this purpose, we evaluated the in vitro growth of clinical isolates...

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Main Authors:	Morcillo, Nora, Imperiale, Belen Rocio, Di Giulio, Angela Beatríz, Zumarraga, Martin Jose, Takif, Howard, Cataldi, Angel Adrian
Format:	Artículo
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Elsevier 2020
Subjects:	Drug Resistance Vigour Households Resistencia a Medicamentos Tuberculosis Vigor Hogares Mycobacterium tuberculosis Family Transmission Transmisión Familiar
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/8191 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1472979214203908 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tube.2014.08.003