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Clinical trials suggest first-ever safe and effective treatment to prevent multidrug-resistant TB in children and adults
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Clinical trials suggest first-ever safe and effective treatment to prevent multidrug-resistant TB in children and adults

by Stellenbosch University South Africa Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Two landmark clinical trials reported at the Union Conference in Paris showed that an oral antibiotic taken for six months once-daily substantially reduced the risk of developing drug-resistant TB. The antibiotic levofloxacin safely reduced the risk of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) disease in children by 56%,...