Origins of Combination Therapy for Tuberculosis: Lessons for Future Antimicrobial Development and Application
Tuberculosis is a global health problem that causes the death of approximately 1.5 million people worldwide each year (WHO, p. 1–126, Global Tuberculosis Report, 2015). Treatment of drug-susceptible tuberculosis requires combination antimicrobial therapy with a minimum of four antimicrobial agents a...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2017-03-01
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Series: | mBio |
Online Access: | http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/8/2/e01586-16 |