Tag: Pyrazinamide

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Persister Cell Formation after Pyrazinamide Exposure

Announcing a new article publication for Zoonoses journal.  Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) persister formation under antibiotic pressure is the main reason for long tuberculosis treatment and relapse. A key first-line antibiotic in TB treatment is pyrazinamide (PZA). The authors of this article established an in vitro assay, the time to detection (TTD) assay, to identify persister formation after PZA […]