Clinical relevance of multiple single-nucleotide polymorphisms in Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: development of a multiplex PCR-single-base-extension.
- Authors: Amaral L, Dastidar SG, Dutta NK, Karakousis PC, Mazumdar K
- Journal: Recent Patents on Anti-Infective Drug Discovery
- Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=New+patentable+use+of+an+old+neuroleptic+compound+thioridazine+to+combat+tuberculosis%3A+a+gene+regulation+perspective
Use of the old antipsychotic phenothiazine thioridazine (THZ) for therapy of multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (TB) infection is now being seriously considered.
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