Tuberculosis: are we making it incurable?
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Tuberculosis: are we making it incurable?
Tuberculosis (TB) is most probably the disease that has caused more damage to the human species throughout its history in terms of number of patients and, above all, death toll. There have been thousands of years spent fighting against Mycobacterium tuberculosis in which the human species could only rely on the efficiency of the immune system [1]. We must recall its importance as, in the pre-an...
متن کاملTuberculosis: where are we going?
losis (TB) as, ‘the captain of all these men of death’. In the late 20th century the World Health Organization (WHO) pronounced it a ‘global emergency’. Whether described by poetry or prose, TB has been the leading global infectious cause of morbidity and mortality for more than 500 years. New directions are required to combat the disease but we need to remember where we have come from before w...
متن کاملAre we making efficient use of clopidogrel?
Blood platelets play a major role in the occurrence of thrombotic complications after percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). Introduction of the thienopyridine drug ticlopidine as an adjunctive antiplatelet therapy has considerably improved the outcome of patients who undergo PCI. Thienopyridines act via blockade of one (P2Y12) of the three adenosine 50-diphosphate (ADP) receptors, reducing...
متن کاملAre we making progress in maternal mortality?
n engl j med 364;21 nejm.org may 26, 2011 1990 resent a diverse genetic pool that allows for adaptation and evolutionary change. Further insight into how these adaptations occur may enhance our ability to predict the emergence of new, more capable bacterial pathogens, the development of more predictive animal models, and the potential identification of critical pathways that might serve as ther...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Journal
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0903-1936,1399-3003
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00206712