## Abstract Pulmonary tuberculosis is associated with a yearβlong chemotherapy, poor alveolar drug levels, drugβrelated systemic toxicity, and patient noncompliance. In this study, exogenous pulmonary surfactant is proposed as a drug carrier for antitubercular drugs. Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine
Inhaled Drug Delivery for Tuberculosis Therapy
β Scribed by Pavan Muttil; Chenchen Wang; Anthony J. Hickey
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 460 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0724-8741
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