Cortisone-Forced Reactivation of Weakly Acid Fast Positive Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Guinea Pigs Previously Treated With Chemotherapy

Andrés Obregón-Henao, Crystal A Shanley, Shaobin Shang, Megan L Caraway, Randall J Basaraba, Colleen G Duncan, Diane J Ordway and Ian M Orme^*

Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA

^*Corresponding Author: Ian M Orme, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA, Tel: +970-491-5777, Fax: +970-491-5125 Email:

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