Nitric Oxide in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Tuberculosis

Nitric Oxide in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Tuberculosis

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), is globally known as one of the most important human pathogens. Mtb is estimated to infect nearly one third of the world's population with many subjects having a latent infection. Thus, from an estimated 2 billion peopl...

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Main Authors: Hamidreza Jamaati, Esmaeil Mortaz, Zeinab Pajouhi, Gert Folkerts, Mehrnaz Movassaghi, Milad Moloudizargari, Ian M. Adcock, Johan Garssen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
nitric oxide
non-tuberculous mycobacteria
Mycobacterium
macrophages
drug-resistance
nitric oxide donors
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.02008/full

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