Stephanus Malherbe and colleagues conducted positron emission tomography–computerized tomography lung scans of patients before and after tuberculosis therapy and report that even in cured, culture-negative patients the majority show lung lesions after 6 months of therapy, suggesting possible persistence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.
- Stephanus T Malherbe
- Shubhada Shenai
- Stephanie Griffith-Richards