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Molecular tools for rapid identification and novel effective therapy against MDRTB/XDRTB infections

Miguel Viveiros Unit of Mycobacteriology, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (IHMT/UNL), Rua da Junqueira, 100, 1349-008 Lisbon, Portugal and COST Action BM0701, Antibiotic Transport and Efflux: New Strategies to combat bacterial resistance (ATENS), European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Brussels, Belgium. [email protected]
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Marta Martins Unit of Mycobacteriology, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (IHMT/UNL), Rua da Junqueira, 100, 1349-008 Lisbon, Portugal and UPMM, IHMT/UNL, Rua da Junqueira, 100, 1349-008 Lisbon, Portugal. [email protected]
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Isabel Couto Unit of Mycobacteriology, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (IHMT/UNL), Rua da Junqueira, 100, 1349-008 Lisbon, Portugal and Centro de Recursos Microbiológicos (CREM), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, UNL, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal. [email protected]
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Liliana Rodrigues Unit of Mycobacteriology, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (IHMT/UNL), Rua da Junqueira, 100, 1349-008 Lisbon, Portugal and UPMM, IHMT/UNL, Rua da Junqueira, 100, 1349-008 Lisbon, Portugal. [email protected]
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Diana Machado Unit of Mycobacteriology, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (IHMT/UNL), Rua da Junqueira, 100, 1349-008 Lisbon, Portugal. [email protected]
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Isabel Portugal Centro de Patogénese Molecular, URIA, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa (FF/UL), Av. Prof. Gama Pinto 1649-003 Lisbon, Portugal. [email protected]
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Leonard Amaral Unit of Mycobacteriology, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (IHMT/UNL), Rua da Junqueira, 100, 1349-008 Lisbon, Portugal and COST Action BM0701, Antibiotic Transport and Efflux: New Strategies to combat bacterial resistance (ATENS), European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Brussels, Belgium and UPMM, IHMT/UNL, Rua da Junqueira, 100, 1349-008 Lisbon, Portugal. [email protected]
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Pages 465-480 | Published online: 10 Jan 2014

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Liliana Rodrigues, Pedro Cravo & Miguel Viveiros. (2020) Efflux pump inhibitors as a promising adjunct therapy against drug resistant tuberculosis: a new strategy to revisit mycobacterial targets and repurpose old drugs. Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy 18:8, pages 741-757.
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