Current approaches and future prospects of nanomedicines in tuberculosis therapy.

Current approaches and future prospects of nanomedicines in tuberculosis therapy. Recent Pat Antiinfect Drug Discov. 2017 Apr 25;: Authors: Athar MT, Ullah Z Abstract Tuberculosis (TB), which is caused by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is a serious threat and one of the major health problems worldwide. In recent years, an estimated of 9.6 million TB cases occurred and 1.5 million death occurred due to TB worldwide. The present review is an attempt to introduce this disease focusing on the pathophysiology of the disease, the current approachesand the related patents for treatment and the future planningfor combating this disease. PMID: 28443511 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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