Towards host-directed therapies for tuberculosis

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2015-08

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Nature Reviews Drug Discovery

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The treatment of tuberculosis is based on combinations of drugs that directly target Mycobacterium tuberculosis. A new global initiative is now focusing on a complementary approach of developing adjunct host-directed therapies

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Tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, antibiotic, drug-resistant, pharmacokinetic, immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS)

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