New and repurposed drugs to treat multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis

ABSTRACT Multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB and XDR-TB, respectively) continue to represent a challenge for clinicians and public health authorities. Unfortunately, although there have been encouraging reports of higher success rates, the overall rate of favorabl...

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Main Authors: Denise Rossato Silva, Margareth Dalcolmo, Simon Tiberi, Marcos Abdo Arbex, Marcela Munoz-Torrico, Raquel Duarte, Lia D’Ambrosio, Dina Visca, Adrian Rendon, Mina Gaga, Alimuddin Zumla, Giovanni Battista Migliori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia
Series:Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-37132018000200153&lng=en&tlng=en