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The Neglected Contribution of Streptomycin to the Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Problem.
Genes - 17 Dec 2021
Rocha Deisy M G C, Viveiros Miguel, Saraiva Margarida, Osório Nuno S
Abstract excerpt
The airborne pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis is responsible for a present major public health problem worsened by the emergence of drug resistance. M. tuberculosis has acquired and developed streptomycin (STR) resistance mechanisms that have been maintained and transmitted in the population over the last decades. Indeed, STR resistant mutations are frequently identified across the main M. tuberculosis...
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