Oldie but goodie: Repurposing penicillin for tuberculosis

Nature Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 976-978

  Keener, Amanda B ^a,b  

^a Nature Medicine in New York   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BETA LACTAM; CLAVULANIC ACID; ISONIAZID; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN;

EXTENSIVELY DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; HUMAN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC);

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PENICILLINS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 84908351878     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: 1546170X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0914-976     Document Type: Short Survey

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