Benjamin Pinsky

Publication Details

• First documentation of isoniazid reversion in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

  Richardson ET, Lin SY, Pinsky BA, Desmond E, Banaei N. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2009; 13 (11): 1347-54

  Drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis are increasing worldwide and pose a major threat to global health. However, it remains unsettled whether drug-resistant mutants are fixed in the bacterial population or if they would revert in the absence of drug pressure.

  PubMedID: 19861005