Global Progress and Challenges in Implementing New Medications for Treating Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis

Two new drugs—bedaquiline and delamanid—have recently been approved by stringent regulatory authorities to treat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) and recommended by the World Health Organization for use under defined programmatic conditions. Introducing the medications in TB programs worldwide...

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Main Authors: Jennifer Furin, Grania Brigden, Erica Lessem, Michael Rich, Laura Vaughan, Sharonann Lynch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/3/15-1430_article