Combined inhalation and oral supplementation of Vitamin A and Vitamin D: A possible prevention and therapy for tuberculosis


Autoria(s): Syal, Kirtimaan; Chakraborty, Surajit; Bhattacharyya, Rajasri; Banerjee, Dibyajyoti
Data(s)

2015

Resumo

Tuberculosis is continuing as a problem of mankind. With evolution, MDR and XDR forms of tuberculosis have emerged from drug sensitive strain. MDR and XDR strains are resistant to most of the antibiotics, making the management more difficult. BCG vaccine is not providing complete protection against tuberculosis. Therefore new infections are spreading at a tremendous rate. At the present moment there is experimental evidence to believe that Vitamin A and Vitamin D has anti-mycobacterial property. It is in this context, we have hypothesized a host based approach using the above vitamins that can cause possible prevention and cure of tuberculosis with minimal chance of resistance or toxicity. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/51301/1/med_hyp-84_3_199_2015.pdf

Syal, Kirtimaan and Chakraborty, Surajit and Bhattacharyya, Rajasri and Banerjee, Dibyajyoti (2015) Combined inhalation and oral supplementation of Vitamin A and Vitamin D: A possible prevention and therapy for tuberculosis. In: MEDICAL HYPOTHESES, 84 (3). pp. 199-203.

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CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE

Relação

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2014.12.022

http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/51301/

Palavras-Chave #Molecular Biophysics Unit
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Journal Article

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