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Azole resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis is mediated by the MmpS5-MmpL5 efflux system.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Jan 2009
Milano Anna, Pasca Maria Rosalia, Provvedi Roberta, Lucarelli Anna Paola, Manina Giulia, Ribeiro Ana Luisa de Jesus Lopes, Manganelli Riccardo, Riccardi Giovanna
Abstract excerpt
Tuberculosis (TB) remains the leading cause of mortality due to a bacterial pathogen, Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Moreover, the recent isolation of M. tuberculosis strains resistant to both first- and second-line antitubercular drugs (XDR-TB) threatens to make the treatment of this disease extremely difficult and becoming a threat to public health worldwide. Recently, it has been shown that azoles are potent...
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