Fighting tuberculosis: old drugs, new formulations

Expert Opin Drug Deliv. 2009 Sep;6(9):977-93. doi: 10.1517/17425240903130577.

Abstract

This review reports the state of the art on innovative drug delivery strategies designed for antitubercular chemotherapeutics. The introduction contains the fundamental biological background concerning tuberculosis and a review of the current antitubercular therapy, and is followed by a critical report of the micrometric and nanometric particulate systems designed and investigated to improve tuberculosis chemotherapy.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antitubercular Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
  • Drug Delivery Systems*
  • Humans
  • Microspheres
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / drug effects
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
  • Nanospheres
  • Tuberculosis / drug therapy*
  • Tuberculosis / microbiology
  • Tuberculosis / physiopathology

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents