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SUBMITTER: Machelart A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6718168 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Machelart Arnaud A Salzano Giuseppina G Li Xue X Demars Aurore A Debrie Anne-Sophie AS Menendez-Miranda Mario M Pancani Elisabetta E Jouny Samuel S Hoffmann Eik E Deboosere Nathalie N Belhaouane Imène I Rouanet Carine C Simar Sophie S Talahari Smaïl S Giannini Valerie V Villemagne Baptiste B Flipo Marion M Brosch Roland R Nesslany Fabrice F Deprez Benoit B Muraille Eric E Locht Camille C Baulard Alain R AR Willand Nicolas N Majlessi Laleh L Gref Ruxandra R Brodin Priscille P
ACS nano 20190308 4
Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem, concerning about half a million cases each year. Patients hardly adhere to the current strict treatment consisting of more than 10 000 tablets over a 2-year period. There is a clear need for efficient and better formulated medications. We have previously shown that nanoparticles made of cross-linked poly-β-cyclodextrins (pβCD) are efficient vehicles for pulmonary delivery of powerful combinations of anti-TB drugs. Here, we ...[more]