The Global Crisis of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis and Leadership of China and the Brics: Challenges and Opportunities: Summary of a Joint Workshop by t

by Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Forum on Drug Discovery Development and Translation, et al.

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is caused by bacteria resistant to isoniazid and rifampicin, the two most effective first-line anti-TB drugs, originally developed and introduced in the 1950 and 1960s. Since 2008, the Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation of the Institute of Medicine has hosted or co-hosted six domestic and international workshops addressing the global crisis of drug-resistant TB, with special attention to the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309285968
• ISBN13: 9780309285964
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"