Virulence of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis and activity of drug combinations against drug-resistant and drug-susceptible isolates in ex-vivo and in vitro models

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global threat worldwide with nearly nine million incident cases of TB. The emergence of M. tuberculosis resistance to antituberculous drugs has led to the need for careful TB surveillance and control. Further knowledge of drug-resistant M. tuberculosis plays an important...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rey Jurado, Emma
Other Authors: González Martín, Julián
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Universitat de Barcelona 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10803/107758