Therapeutic drug monitoring: how to improve drug dosage and patient safety in tuberculosis treatment

Therapeutic drug monitoring: how to improve drug dosage and patient safety in tuberculosis treatment

In this article we describe the key role of tuberculosis (TB) treatment, the challenges (mainly the emergence of drug resistance), and the opportunities represented by the correct approach to drug dosage, based on the existing control and elimination strategies. In this context, the role and contri...

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Main Authors: Giovanni Sotgiu, Jan-Willem C. Alffenaar, Rosella Centis, Lia D’Ambrosio, Antonio Spanevello, Andrea Piana, Giovanni Battista Migliori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-03-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
MDR-TB
XDR-TB
Prevention
Treatment
Therapeutic drug monitoring
Drug dosage
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971214017184

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