Meropenem-clavulanate has high in vitro activity against multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Aims and objectives: With the relentless increase in multidrug- and extensively-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR/XDR-TB), new treatment strategies are necessary. Favorable results have been reported by combining a β-lactam antibiotic and a β-lactamase inhibitor. The β-lactamase encoded by the blaC g...

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Main Authors: L Davies Forsman, C G Giske, J Bruchfeld, T Schön, P Juréen, K Ängeby
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mycobacteriology
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Online Access:http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2015;volume=4;issue=5;spage=80;epage=81;aulast=Forsman