Abstract
Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Current treatment has several challenges, such as multi-drug resistance, extensively drug-resistance and HIV co-infection. Problems related to patients, treatment and health care system also contribute negatively to this panel. This review summarizes the main obstacles causing in the treatment of tuberculosis and discusses several strategies to improve the treatment.
Keywords: Drug interactions, extensively drug-resistance, HIV, multi-drug resistance, treatment improvement, tuberculosis, tuberculosis treatment.
Current Clinical Pharmacology
Title:Tuberculosis: Challenges to Improve the Treatment
Volume: 10 Issue: 3
Author(s): Mariana Moreira Lima, Ariane Trindade, Flávia Carnavalli, Aylime Castanho Bolognesi Melchior, Chung Man Chin and Jean Leandro dos Santos
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Keywords: Drug interactions, extensively drug-resistance, HIV, multi-drug resistance, treatment improvement, tuberculosis, tuberculosis treatment.
Abstract: Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Current treatment has several challenges, such as multi-drug resistance, extensively drug-resistance and HIV co-infection. Problems related to patients, treatment and health care system also contribute negatively to this panel. This review summarizes the main obstacles causing in the treatment of tuberculosis and discusses several strategies to improve the treatment.
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Lima Moreira Mariana, Trindade Ariane, Carnavalli Flávia, Bolognesi Melchior Castanho Aylime, Chin Man Chung and dos Santos Leandro Jean, Tuberculosis: Challenges to Improve the Treatment, Current Clinical Pharmacology 2015; 10 (3) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1574884708666131229124215
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1574884708666131229124215 |
Print ISSN 1574-8847 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 2212-3938 |
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