Open AccessReconsidering Adjuvant Immunotherapy for Tuberculosis
Author(s) -
Robert S. Wallis
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/430914
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , immunotherapy , adjuvant , immunology , mycobacterium tuberculosis , intensive care medicine , pathology , immune system
Shortened regimens for treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) are urgently needed to facilitate its global eradication. Prolonged treatment is presently required to prevent relapse, which is thought to arise from persisting foci of semidormant infection contained within granulomas.
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