Immune System Effectiveness Appears Key to Antibiotic Success Against Persistent Bacteria (IMAGE)

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Immune System Effectiveness Appears Key to Antibiotic Success Against Persistent Bacteria

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Mathematical modeling suggests that the rate at which a patient's immune system clears slow-growing variants of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria is a key determinant of whether antibiotics can cure the infection.

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Mikkaichi et al.

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