Treatment of Highly Drug-Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis
16 March 2020
The combination of bedaquiline, pretomanid, and linezolid led to a favorable outcome at 6 months after the end of therapy in a high percentage of patients with highly drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis; some associated toxic effects were observed.
Further reading: The New England Journal of Medicine
Author(s): Francesca Conradie, M.B., B.Ch., Andreas H. Diacon, M.D., Nosipho Ngubane, M.B., B.Ch., Pauline Howell, M.B., B.Ch., Daniel Everitt, M.D., Angela M. Crook, Ph.D., Carl M. Mendel, M.D., Erica Egizi, M.P.H., Joanna Moreira, B.Sc., Juliano Timm, Ph.D., Timothy D. McHugh, Ph.D., Genevieve H. Wills, M.Sc., et al
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