Meropenem-clavulanate is effective against extensively drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

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Published in Science on February 27, 2009

Authors

Jean-Emmanuel Hugonnet1, Lee W Tremblay, Helena I Boshoff, Clifton E Barry, John S Blanchard

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1: Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.

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