Adverse Drug Reactions with First-Line and Second-Line Drugs in Treatment of Tuberculosis
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First– and Second–Line Drugs and Drug Resistance
Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which is transmitted through inhalation of aerosolized droplets. TB mainly attacks the lungs, but can also affect other parts of the body. TB is highly contagious during the active stage of the disease and can infect an individual through inhalation of as few as 10 Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria. After inhalati...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India)
سال: 2021
ISSN: 0379-038X,2454-5635
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1722535