Can penicillins and other beta-lactam antibiotics be used to treat tuberculosis?
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Can penicillins and other beta-lactam antibiotics be used to treat tuberculosis?
An increase in the number of tuberculosis cases caused by multiple-drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis has stimulated search for new antituberculous agents. Beta-lactam antibiotics, traditionally regarded as ineffective against tuberculosis, merit consideration. Four major penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) with approximate molecular sizes of 94, 82, 52, and 37 kDa were detecte...
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عنوان ژورنال: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0066-4804,1098-6596
DOI: 10.1128/aac.39.12.2620