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MICROBIOLOGY: TB Bacteria May Reign Over Cells Intended to Bridle Them
Evelyn Strauss
Researchers report this week that rather than protecting the host as conventional wisdom holds, the hallmark tuberculosis lesions called granulomas in fact promote bacterial multiplication early in infection.