Prospects for Expanding Drug Therapy for Multiple Drug Resistant and Extensively Drug Resistant Tuberculosis
Г. Н. Можокина, A. G. Samoylov, I. А. Vаsilyevа
Tuberculosis and lung diseases · 2022-04
Abstract
This review analyzes 64 publications on repurposed antibiotics and the prospects of their use in the treatment of multiple drug resistant and extensively drug resistant tuberculosis. The article describes mechanisms of action of beta-lactams and macrolides on tuberculous mycobacteria; the results of studies and safety profiles are given.
MeSH terms
- Drug
- Medicine
- Tuberculosis
- Drug resistance
- Antibiotics
- Drug resistant tuberculosis
- Multi drug resistant
- Pharmacology
- Drug action
- Pharmacotherapy
- Intensive care medicine