New animal model shows effective treatment for latent tuberculosis

(Texas Biomedical Research Institute) A major goal of tuberculosis (TB) research is to find a way to treat people with the latent (or inactive) form of the disease to keep them from developing symptomatic TB. A breakthrough study using a new animal model developed for this purpose showed a combination of two classes of antibiotics can wipe out this hidden threat.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news