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Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Health ›› 2013, Vol. 2 ›› Issue (4): 222-227.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-3755.2013.04.002

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Progress on adjuvant treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis

ZENG Xi-ling*, CHU Nai-hui, LIU Zhi-min   

  1. *The First Department of Tuberculosis, Beijing Chest Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, Beijing 101149, China
  • Received:2013-11-13 Online:2013-11-30 Published:2013-11-30
  • Contact: CHU Nai-hui,Email:dongchu1994@sina.com

Abstract: Drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is the keystone and difficulty in TB control at home and abroad. In recent years, many scholars have applied immune agents in the adjuvant treatment of drug-resistant TB and obtained positive efficacy. Currently the most active research of immune agents are cytokines and mycobacterial vaccine formulations. However, the effects of these immune agents in the treatment of drug resistant TB are different, some have achieved good results, but others have no obvious effect. The paper reviews the leukemia cytokine and other immune agents that play an immunotherapy role in the adjuvant treatment of drug resistant TB, and it is anticipated to provide reference for the application of immune agents in the adjuvant treatment of drug resistant TB.