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SUBMITTER: Sloan DJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3968807 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Current respiratory medicine reviews 20130601 3
The current treatment regimen against drug susceptible tuberculosis (DS-TB) was defined by the 1980s. Since then the emergence of the global HIV pandemic and the escalation of drug resistant (DR-) forms of TB have presented new challenges for therapeutic research. Priority goals include shortening DS-TB treatment, improving DR-TB treatment and making combined TB-HIV therapy easier. To help achieve these goals, a range of new drugs and treatment strategies are currently being evaluated. Phase IIb ...[more]