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Daily Dosing of Rifapentine Cures Tuberculosis in Three Months or Less in the Murine Model
BACKGROUND: Availability of an ultra-short-course drug regimen capable of curing patients with tuberculosis in 2 to 3 mo would significantly improve global control efforts. Because immediate prospects for novel treatment-shortening drugs remain uncertain, we examined whether better use of existing d...
Autores principales: | Rosenthal, Ian M, Zhang, Ming, Williams, Kathy N, Peloquin, Charles A, Tyagi, Sandeep, Vernon, Andrew A, Bishai, William R, Chaisson, Richard E, Grosset, Jacques H, Nuermberger, Eric L |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2007
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2140085/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18092886 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040344 |
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