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Aug 2026
Visualizing zinc-starved slow-replicating Mycobacterium tuberculosis in neutrophil-rich lung lesions
The months-long treatment for tuberculosis is partially attributed to a minor Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) subpopulation exhibiting phenotypic drug resistance, although origins of these bacilli in hosts remain unknown. Previously, we observed that mycobacteria respond to growth-restrictive limitations of zinc by ac...
Jamie H. Corro, Jordan Holl, V. Patil et al.
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