Best drug treatment for multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis

JA Caminero, G Sotgiu, A Zumla… - The Lancet infectious …, 2010 - thelancet.com
Multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis are generally
thought to have high mortality rates. However, many cases can be treated with the right …

Safety and tolerability profile of second-line anti-tuberculosis medications

G Ramachandran, S Swaminathan - Drug safety, 2015 - Springer
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health problem, representing the second leading
cause of death from infectious diseases globally, despite being nearly 100% curable …

Delamanid for multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis

MT Gler, V Skripconoka… - … England Journal of …, 2012 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Delamanid (OPC-67683), a nitro-dihydro-imidazooxazole derivative, is a new
antituberculosis medication that inhibits mycolic acid synthesis and has shown potent in vitro …

Proteome-wide lysine acetylation profiling of the human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis

L Xie, X Wang, J Zeng, M Zhou, X Duan, Q Li… - The international journal …, 2015 - Elsevier
N ɛ-Acetylation of lysine residues represents a pivotal post-translational modification used
by both eukaryotes and prokaryotes to modulate diverse biological processes …

Achieving high treatment success for multidrug-resistant TB in Africa: initiation and scale-up of MDR TB care in Ethiopia—an observational cohort study

D Meressa, RM Hurtado, JR Andrews, E Diro, K Abato… - Thorax, 2015 - thorax.bmj.com
Background In Africa, fewer than half of patients receiving therapy for multidrug-resistant TB
(MDR TB) are successfully treated, with poor outcomes reported for HIV-coinfected patients …

Phase I, single-dose, dose-escalating study of inhaled dry powder capreomycin: a new approach to therapy of drug-resistant tuberculosis

AS Dharmadhikari, M Kabadi, B Gerety… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) threatens global TB control. The lengthy
treatment includes one of the injectable drugs kanamycin, amikacin, and capreomycin …

Drug-associated adverse events and their relationship with outcomes in patients receiving treatment for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa

K Shean, E Streicher, E Pieterson, G Symons… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Treatment-related outcomes in patients with extensively drug-resistant
tuberculosis (XDR-TB) are poor. However, data about the type, frequency and severity of …

Dry powder inhalable formulations for anti-tubercular therapy

T Parumasivam, RYK Chang, S Abdelghany… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2016 - Elsevier
Tuberculosis (TB) is an intracellular infectious disease caused by the airborne bacterium,
Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Despite considerable research efforts, the treatment of TB …

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) treatment in the UK: a study of injectable use and toxicity in practice

A Sturdy, A Goodman, RJ José, A Loyse… - Journal of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Background Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is an increasing challenge to health
services globally. Although new drugs are in development, current guidelines still …

Therapy of multidrug‐resistant and extensively drug‐resistant tuberculosis

BJ Seaworth, DE Griffith - Tuberculosis and Nontuberculous …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Multidrug‐resistant tuberculosis (MDR‐TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains
resistant to at least isoniazid (INH) and rifampin (1), is difficult to treat effectively and requires …