Tuberculosis chemotherapy in the 21 st century: Back to the basics

Tuberculosis chemotherapy in the 21 st century: Back to the basics

The key to successful elimination of tuberculosis (TB) is treatment of cases with optimum chemotherapy. Poor chemotherapy over time has led to drug-resistant disease. Drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis develops by the selective growth of resistant mutants. The incidence of drug-resistant...

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Main Author: Jyotsna M Joshi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-01-01
Series:Lung India
Subjects:
Extremely drug-resistant (XXDR) TB
extensive drug (XDR) resistant
first-line drugs
multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB
second-line drugs
total drug-resistant (TDR) TB
Online Access:http://www.lungindia.com/article.asp?issn=0970-2113;year=2011;volume=28;issue=3;spage=193;epage=200;aulast=Joshi

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