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Clin Microbiol Infect
; 20(7): O418-20, 2014 Jul.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-24188165
RESUMEN
We investigated the effect of Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture supernatant added to sputum cultures collected during the first 8 weeks of anti-tuberculosis treatment. With ongoing treatment duration, time to culture positivity decreased significantly in supernatant-enriched cultures, possibly due to stimulation of dormant or slowly metabolizing M. tuberculosis cells.