Researchers uncover role of persister cells in antibiotic resistance
Antibiotic overuse can lead to antibiotic resistance, but classic antibiotic resistance might not completely explain why antibiotics sometimes fail.
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Antibiotic overuse can lead to antibiotic resistance, but classic antibiotic resistance might not completely explain why antibiotics sometimes fail.
<p>UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke researchers provide the best evidence to date for the clinical significance of bacterial persister cells in the failure of antibiotics, aside from antibiotic overuse leading to resistance..</p>
Antibiotic overuse can lead to antibiotic resistance, a global health problem. But UNC School of Medicine scientists with Duke School of Medicine colleagues hav
Antibiotic overuse can lead to antibiotic resistance, a global health problem. But UNC School of Medicine scientists with Duke School of Medicine colleagues hav
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