scholarly journals Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Is Worse than Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Different Methodology and Settings, Same Results

2008 ◽  
Vol 46 (6) ◽  
pp. 958-959 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. B. Migliori ◽  
C. Lange ◽  
E. Girardi ◽  
R. Centis ◽  
G. Besozzi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multidrug Resistant ◽  
Drug Resistant ◽  
Drug Resistant Tuberculosis ◽  
Resistant Tuberculosis ◽  
Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis ◽  
Extensively Drug Resistant

scholarly journals Can Intermittent Dosing Optimize Prolonged Linezolid Treatment of Difficult Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis?

2013 ◽  
Vol 57 (7) ◽  
pp. 3445-3449 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kwok-Chiu Chang ◽  
Wing-Wai Yew ◽  
Siu-Wai Cheung ◽  
Chi-Chiu Leung ◽  
Cheuk-Ming Tam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multidrug Resistant ◽  
Sputum Culture ◽  
Drug Resistant ◽  
Drug Resistant Tuberculosis ◽  
Once Daily ◽  
Resistant Tuberculosis ◽  
Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis ◽  
Extensively Drug Resistant ◽  
Culture Conversion

ABSTRACTWe evaluated treatment with linezolid, dosed at 800 mg once daily for 1 to 4 months as guided by sputum culture status and tolerance and then at 1,200 mg thrice weekly until ≥1 year after culture conversion, in addition to individually optimized regimens among 10 consecutive patients with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis or fluoroquinolone-resistant multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. All achieved stable cure, with anemia corrected and neuropathy stabilized, ameliorated, or avoided after switching to intermittent dosing. Serum linezolid profiles appeared better optimized.

scholarly journals Cycloserine for Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in China: A Retrospective Observational Study

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Li ◽  
Fei Wang ◽  
Limin Wu ◽  
Min Zhu ◽  
Guiqing He ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Outcome ◽  
Observational Study ◽  
Multidrug Resistant ◽  
Drug Resistant ◽  
Drug Resistant Tuberculosis ◽  
Resistant Tuberculosis ◽  
Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis ◽  
Extensively Drug Resistant ◽  
Mdr Tb ◽  
Culture Conversion

AbstractObjectivesCycloserine is crucial in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) treatment. Although extensive research has been carried out on MDR-TB, most researchers have not treated cycloserine in much detail. Therefore, we evaluate the efficacy and safety of cycloserine and seek to clarify the role of cycloserine for treatment of simple MDR-TB, pre-extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (pre-XDR-TB), and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB).Patients and methodsA retrospective observational study was performed in China. We determined the treatment outcome as the primary outcome for 144 cycloserine-treated and 181 cycloserine-nontreated patients according to the definitions of WHO. The proportion of patients with sputum-culture conversion and the frequency of adverse drug reactions related to cycloserine were assessed as well.ResultsAmong 325 MDR-TB patients, 144 were treated with cycloserine and 100 (69.4%) out of 144 successfully completed treatment. Compared with patients in non-cycloserine group, the hazard ratio of any unfavorable treatment outcome was 0.53 (95%CI: 0.35-0.81, P=0.003). Culture conversion rate at the intensive phase was similar whether cycloserine was administered or not (P=0.703). Of the 144 patients treated with cycloserine, a total of 16 (11.1%) patients experienced side-effects related to cycloserine, including 7 patients who discontinued cycloserine permanently.ConclusionsCycloserine could be an attractive agent to treat MDR-TB. Its safety profile warrants use in the most of MDR-TB cases. Cycloserine significantly improved the chance of favorable outcome for patients with simple MDR-TB but not pre-XDR-TB and XDR-TB. More aggressive regimens might be required for pre-XDR-TB or XDR-TB patients.

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