LisPi on Nostr: nprofile1q…y5n8f > The older TB vaccines weren't very effective (IIRC about 50% ...
nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqpsdfxfpxz2cwmmnsk60y3nqpn2tqh9n24h4hstvfkwvr6eaek9jsfy5n8f (nprofile…5n8f) > The older TB vaccines weren't very effective (IIRC about 50% effectiveness).
Ah, interesting.
> (M.t has a very thick cell wall and replicates very slowly so it takes ages to absorb a lethal dose of the antibiotics: "finish the course" can mean 2-6 months, and a lot of patients give up partway through when they feel better—which selects for antibiotic resistant strains)
This kind of thing really should be communicated more widely in general with antibiotics.
Just being told "it might come back if you don't" is not nearly as convincing as being told how and why. (Though being risk-averse, I use antibiotics for their full course. That'd go more than double for anything as serious as tuberculosis.)
Ah, interesting.
> (M.t has a very thick cell wall and replicates very slowly so it takes ages to absorb a lethal dose of the antibiotics: "finish the course" can mean 2-6 months, and a lot of patients give up partway through when they feel better—which selects for antibiotic resistant strains)
This kind of thing really should be communicated more widely in general with antibiotics.
Just being told "it might come back if you don't" is not nearly as convincing as being told how and why. (Though being risk-averse, I use antibiotics for their full course. That'd go more than double for anything as serious as tuberculosis.)