Cholo, Moloko C.; Rasehlo, Sam Sipho M.; Venter, Eudri; Venter, Chantelle; Anderson, Ronald(Hindawi Publishing, 2020-08)
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES : Cigarette smoke (CS) is a major risk factor contributing to the burden of tuberculosis. Little is known, however, about the effects of CS exposure on growth and persistence of Mycobacterium ...
Mothiba, Maborwa Tebogo; Anderson, Ronald; Fourie, Bernard P.; Germishuizen, Willem Andreas; Cholo, Moloko C.(Elsevier, 2015-03)
Mycobacteria form lipid-rich biofilms that restrict the efficacy of antimicrobial chemotherapy, possibly
necessitating the use of lipophilic antibiotics. In the current study, the activity of one such agent,
clofazimine, ...
Drug-resistant (DR)-tuberculosis (TB) is the major challenge confronting the global
tuberculosis (TB) control programme, necessitating treatment with second-line anti-
TB drugs, often with limited therapeutic efficacy. ...
