Infectious diseases / Review
Emerging strategies for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis: promise and limitations?
Wing Wai Yew, Won-Jung Koh
Korean J Intern Med. 2016;31(1):15-29. Published online December 28, 2015
A worsening scenario of drug-resistant tuberculosis has increased the need for new treatment strategies to tackle this worldwide emergency. There is a pressing need to simplify and shorten the current 6-month treatment regimen for drug-susceptible tuberculosis. Rifamycins and fluoroquinolones, as we..
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