Bedaquiline: A novel antitubercular drug for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

Multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) are emerging global health threats. Bedaquiline is a new antituberculous drug belonging to the diarylquinoline class that efficiently inhibits the adenosine triphosphate synthase enzyme of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is a bacter...

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Main Authors: H Nagabushan, H S Roopadevi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.jpgmonline.com/article.asp?issn=0022-3859;year=2014;volume=60;issue=3;spage=300;epage=302;aulast=