Bedaquiline –A new drug against multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Journal Title: International Journal of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Analysis - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 2
Abstract
The infectious diseases have taken a toll on the rapidly multiplying population of the developing countries The top three killers being HIV AIDS TB and malaria The total number of deaths due to TB is really a cause of concern since a well laid national program is running in most of these countries However even in the presence of clear guidelines to treat TB there has always been a gradual rise in the new cases with few exceptions in some of these resourceconstrained countries The issue becomes graver when the problem of drugresistant TB also comes into the picture In the present article the authors highlight the introduction of the new drug ie Bedaquiline in India to counter the problem of multidrugresistant TBKeywordsBedaquiline Drug Drugresistant TB Tuberculosis
Authors and Affiliations
Sankalp Yadav, Gautam Rawal
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