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Sep 2026
Can Diagnostic Delay Amplify Drug Resistance in Tuberculosis? A Critical Integrative Reflection on Bacterial Adaptation, Persistence, Within-Host Evolution, and Heteroresistance
An expanded model of drug resistance in tuberculosis is proposed, in which diagnostic delay does not constitute a direct cause of resistance but rather a potential amplifying factor for biological adaptation and evolutionary change occurring before treatment initiation.
Ariel Torres, Paloma González, Gisselle Trujillo et al.
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