From San Francisco, at the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
An antibiotic typically used to fight sinus infections and pneumonia shows remarkable potency against leprosy.
In a study of leprosy patients in the Philippines, Robert H. Gelber, a physician at the University of California, San Francisco and his team treated 10 men with oral moxifloxacin daily for 2 months, followed by standard drugs for leprosy.
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