Repurposing—a ray of hope in tackling extensively drug resistance in tuberculosis

Repurposing—a ray of hope in tackling extensively drug resistance in tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a serious concern more than two decades on from when the World Health Organization declared it a global health emergency. The alarming rise of antibiotic resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the etiological agent of TB, has made it exceedingly difficult to control the...

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Main Authors: Arundhati Maitra, Sadé Bates, Trupti Kolvekar, Padma V. Devarajan, Juan D. Guzman, Sanjib Bhakta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-03-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Tuberculosis (TB)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Antibiotic resistance
Repurposing
Repositioning
Whole-cell phenotypic screening
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