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Vinegar kills tuberculosis, other mycobacteria

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Vinegar kills tuberculosis, other mycobacteria   The active ingredient in vinegar, acetic acid, can effectively kill mycobacteria, even highly drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis, an international team of researchers reports. It is possible that acetic acid could therefore be used as an inexpensive and non-toxic disinfectant against drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) bacteria as well as other stubborn, disinfectant-resistant […]

Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections

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Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections By Dylan Tierney, MD, MPH , Instructor, Harvard Medical School; Associate Physician, Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Edward A. Nardell, MD, Professor of Medicine and Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Associate Physician, Divisions of Global Health Equity and Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham & […]