research article
Daily dosing of rifapentine cures tuberculosis in three months or less in the murine model
2007
Availability of an ultra-short-course drug regimen capable of curing patients with tuberculosis in 2 to 3 mo would significantly improve global control efforts. Because immediate prospects for novel treatment-shortening drugs remain uncertain, we examined whether better use of existing drugs could shorten the duration of treatment. Rifapentine is a long-lived rifamycin derivative currently recommended only in once-weekly continuation-phase regimens. Moxifloxacin is an 8-methoxyfluoroquinolone currently used in second-line regimens.
Type
research article
Author(s)
Rosenthal, Ian M.
Williams, Kathy N.
Peloquin, Charles A.
Tyagi, Sandeep
Vernon, Andrew A.
Bishai, William R.
Chaisson, Richard E.
Grosset, Jacques H.
Nuermberger, Eric L.
Date Issued
2007
Published in
Volume
4
Issue
12
Article Number
e344
Editorial or Peer reviewed
NON-REVIEWED
Written at
EPFL
EPFL units
Available on Infoscience
April 27, 2012
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