Hidden face of tuberculosis |
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| Authors: | Nadya Markova |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Pathogenic Bacteria, Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev str. 26, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria |
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| Abstract: | Occurrence of cell wall deficiency (L-form conversion) in hosts suggests one of the possible pathways by which tubercle bacilli can survive, replicate and persist within the body for a long period harboring latent tuberculosis. Non-acid fast and morphologically modified L-forms of Mycobacterium tuberculosis are difficult to identify and remain often unrecognized or are mistaken for contaminants. |
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| Keywords: | Latent tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis Cell-wall deficient forms (L-forms) Persistence |
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