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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2021, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (4): 404-408.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6621.2021.04.018

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Progress in pharmacodynamic screening of anti-tuberculosis drug combination

LIU Hai-ting, LU Yu()   

  1. Beijing Key Laboratory of Drug Resistance Tuberculosis Research, Department of Pharmacology, Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Bejing 101149, China
  • Received:2021-01-03 Online:2021-04-10 Published:2021-04-09
  • Contact: LU Yu E-mail:luyu4876@hotmail.com

Abstract:

Tuberculosis remains a global health concern. Because anti-tuberculosis treatment need drug combination, it is urgent to develop effective regimen with drug combination to improve the therapeutic effect and shorten the course of treatment. The determination of the best drug combination regimen must first be screened in vitro and then verified by in vivo experiments. This article reviews the anti-tuberculosis drug combinations and screening methods in vivo and in vitro in recent years, in order to provide a rapid and effective drug combination regimen for the treatment of clinical tuberculosis in the practice.

Key words: Antitubercular agents, Drug therapy, combination, In vitro, Review litera-ture as topic