Simvastatin increases the in vivo activity of the first-line tuberculosis regimen.

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Published in J Antimicrob Chemother on May 22, 2014

Authors

Ciaran Skerry1, Michael L Pinn1, Natalie Bruiners2, Richard Pine2, Maria L Gennaro2, Petros C Karakousis3

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Tuberculosis Research, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
2: Public Health Research Institute, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA.
3: Center for Tuberculosis Research, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA petros@jhmi.edu.

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