| Literature DB >> 9925545 |
R Long1, B Light, J A Talbot.
Abstract
We tested the hypothesis that exposure of extracellular Mycobacterium tuberculosis to low concentrations (< 100 ppm) of nitric oxide (NO) for short periods (24 h or less) will result in microbial killing. We observed that NO had both dose- and time-dependent cidal effects that were very significant by two-way analysis of variance (F ratios of 13.4 [P < 0.001] and 98.1 [P < 0.0001], respectively). Conceivably, extracellular bacilli in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis might be vulnerable to exogenous NO.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID: 9925545 PMCID: PMC89090
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191