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Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 12e
| Section VII. Chemotherapy of Microbial Diseases > |
Chapter 56. Chemotherapy of Tuberculosis, Mycobacterium Avium Complex Disease, and Leprosy
Sections: Chemotherapy of Tuberculosis, Mycobacterium Avium Complex Disease, and Leprosy: Introduction, Anti-Mycobacterial Drugs, Principles of Antituberculosis Chemotherapy, Principles of Therapy Against Mycobacterium Avium Complex, Principles of Anti-Leprosy Therapy, Clinical Summary, Bibliography.
Topics Discussed: chemistry of antibacterial agents; pharmacotherapy of infectious diseases; therapy of microbial diseases; bacterial, viral, fungal, and protozoal infections.
Excerpt:"Mycobacteria have caused epic diseases: Tuberculosis (TB) and leprosy have terrorized humankind since antiquity. Although the burden of leprosy has decreased, TB is still the most important infectious killer of humans. Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare (or Mycobacterium avium complex; MAC) infection continues to be difficult to treat...."
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