title: Old antibiotics target TB with a new trick.
abstract: Autophagy is now recognized as a cellular defense mechanism that can restrict the growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Kim et al. (2012) demonstrate that antibiotics routinely used to treat Mtb infection elicit a host autophagy response critical for bacterial clearance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
authors.forename: Alfred J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Zullo
authors.forename: Sunhee
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee