Vitamin C and Mycobacterium tuberculosis Persisters
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
.
2018 Oct 24;62(11):e01641-18.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.01641-18.
Print 2018 Nov.
Authors
Wing Wai Yew
1
,
Kwok Chiu Chang
2
,
Chi Chiu Leung
3
,
Denise P Chan
4
,
Ying Zhang
5
Affiliations
1
Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
2
Tuberculosis and Chest Service, Department of Health, Hong Kong, China.
3
School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
4
Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China denisechan@cuhk.edu.hk.
5
Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
PMID:
30355747
PMCID:
PMC6201136
DOI:
10.1128/AAC.01641-18
No abstract available
Keywords:
persisters; tuberculosis; vitamin C.
Publication types
Letter
Comment
MeSH terms
Animals
Ascorbic Acid
Isoniazid
Mice
Mycobacterium tuberculosis*
Rifampin
Tuberculosis*
Substances
Ascorbic Acid
Isoniazid
Rifampin