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SUBMITTER: Ahmed S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7168302 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ahmed Sultan S Raqib Rubhana R Guðmundsson Guðmundur Hrafn GH Bergman Peter P Agerberth Birgitta B Rekha Rokeya Sultana RS
Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) 20200107 1
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity, particularly in developing countries, presenting a major threat to the public health. The currently recommended long term treatment regimen with multiple antibiotics is associated with poor patient compliance, which in turn, may contribute to the emergence of multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB). The low global treatment efficacy of MDR-TB has highlighted the necessity to develop novel treatment options. Host-directed therapy ...[more]