Looming behind antibiotic resistance is another bacterial threat – antibiotic tolerance
- Written by Megan Keller, Ph.D. Candidate in Microbiology, Cornell University
Tolerant bacteria are dormant until an antibiotic threat has passed, then reemerge to conduct business as usual.Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo Library via Getty ImagesHave you ever had a nasty infection that just won’t seem to go away? Or a runny nose that keeps coming back? You may have been dealing with a bacterium that is tolerant of,...
