Efficacy and safety of novel and repurposed drugs for the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis

Background: There is widespread concern about the rise of drug-resistant TB because treatment outcomes of affected patients remain poor and treatment options are limited. After more than a forty-year gap without any breakthrough discovery, several new (bedaquiline and delamanid) and repurposed drugs...

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Main Author: Olayanju, Olatunde
Other Authors: Dheda, Keertan
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Health Sciences 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32322