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SUBMITTER: Mowbray SL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6271674 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20140826 9
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Globally, tuberculosis is second only to AIDS in mortality and the disease is responsible for over 1.3 million deaths each year. The impractically long treatment schedules (generally 6-9 months) and unpleasant side effects of the current drugs often lead to poor patient compliance, which in turn has resulted in the emergence of multi-, extensively- and totally-drug resistant strains. The development of new classes of ant ...[more]