In microbiology the terms ‘viability’ and ‘culturability’ are often equated. However, in recent
years the apparently self-contradictory expression ‘viable-but-nonculturable’ (‘VBNC’) has …

… Smith and MR Barer, unpublished observations), although we have not been able to
exclude the possibility that limited replication occurs in the absence of the quinolone. Further, if …

Mycobacterial persisters, the survivors from antibiotic exposure, necessitate the lengthy
treatment of tuberculosis (TB) and pose a significant challenge for our control of the disease. We …

Rationale: Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are heterogeneous
with respect to inflammation and etiology. Objectives: Investigate biomarker expression …

Medical microbiology concerns the nature, distribution and activities of microbes and how
they impact on health and wellbeing, most particularly as agents of infection. Infections remain …

Rationale: Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and responses
to treatment are heterogeneous. Objectives: Investigate the usefulness of blood eosinophils …

Background Tuberculous sputum provides a sample of bacilli that must be eliminated by
chemotherapy and that may go on to transmit infection. A preliminary observation that …

… norfloxacin (13), and we have made similar observations with ofloxacin and trimethoprim
(Kimmit, Harwood and Barer, unpubl data). Moreover, sequencing studies clearly indicate that …

Increasing evidence suggests that the lung microbiome plays an important role in chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) severity. However, the dynamics of the lung …

The bacterial community associated with black band disease (BBD) of the scleractinian
corals Diploria strigosa, Montastrea annularis and Colpophyllia natans was examined using …