Novel 6-Month Treatment for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, United States

Autor: David Ashkin, Pennelyn Onderko, Charles A. Peloquin, Marie-Claire Rowlinson, Patricia Macias, Connie A. Haley, Betsy A. Jones, Roshni Jaimon, Maria E. Gomez, Supriya Jasuja, Neela D. Goswami, Elaine Darnall
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Microbiology (medical)
medicine.medical_specialty
Tuberculosis
Epidemiology
030231 tropical medicine
Antitubercular Agents
lcsh:Medicine
linezolid
lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases
Food and drug administration
South Africa
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
0302 clinical medicine
Antibiotic resistance
BPaL
Internal medicine
Tuberculosis
Multidrug-Resistant

Research Letter
Humans
Medicine
lcsh:RC109-216
030212 general & internal medicine
antimicrobial resistance
Diarylquinolines
bedaquiline
bacteria
drug monitoring
business.industry
Drug resistant tuberculosis
lcsh:R
Novel 6-Month Treatment for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis
United States

medicine.disease
United States
tuberculosis and other mycobacteria
Regimen
Infectious Diseases
chemistry
Pretomanid
Linezolid
Nix-TB
pretomanid
Bedaquiline
business
Zdroj: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 27, Iss 1, Pp 332-334 (2021)
Emerging Infectious Diseases
ISSN: 1080-6059
1080-6040
Popis: The US Food and Drug Administration approved a 6-month regimen of pretomanid, bedaquiline, and linezolid for extensively drug-resistant or multidrug-intolerant tuberculosis after a trial in South Africa demonstrated 90% effectiveness 6 months posttreatment. We report on a patient who completed the regimen using a lower linezolid dose.
Databáze: OpenAIRE