New times, new trends for ethionamide: In vitro evaluation of drug-loaded thermally carbonized porous silicon microparticles

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) has become a worldwide problem and a major public health concern. The mechanisms of resistance are fairly well characterized for most agents, but MDR limits the therapeutic usefulness of both new and classical medicines against TB. Ethionamide (ETA) is a thi...

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Main Author: Nuno Vale (author)
Other Authors: Ermei Makila (author), Jarno Salonen (author), Paula Gomes (author), Jouni Hirvonen (author), Helder A Santos (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2012
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10216/82104
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio-aberto.up.pt:10216/82104