title: Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain 18b, a useful non-virulent streptomycin dependent mutant to study latent tuberculosis as well as for in vivo and in vitro testing of anti-tuberculosis drugs.
authors.affiliation: The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. Electronic address: acampos@forsyth.org.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Campos-Neto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D055985:Latent Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D016513:Mice, SCID; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000472:pathogenicity; D010641:Phenotype; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D014774:Virulence
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents