New anti-tuberculosis drugs and regimens: 2015 update

Over 480 000 cases of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) occur every year globally, 9% of them being affected by extensively drug-resistant (XDR) strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The treatment of MDR/XDR-TB is unfortunately long, toxic and expensive, and the success rate largely unsat...

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Main Authors: D'Ambrosio, Lia, Centis, Rosella, Sotgiu, Giovanni, Pontali, Emanuele, Spanevello, Antonio, Migliori, Giovanni Battista
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5005131/