Overview of Tuberculosis Chemotherapy
• The goals of therapy include cure and prevention of transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
• Effective treatment of tuberculosis requires a substantial amount of time (usually months and in some cases years).
• Mycobacteria grow slowly and can also be dormant. The lipid-rich mycobacterial cell wall is impermeable to may agent and organisms residing within macrophages are inaccessible to many drugs.
• Combination therapy is used to effectively kill mycobacteria and prevent emergence of drug resistance.
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