Dynamic 18F-Pretomanid PET imaging in animal models of TB meningitis and human studies

F Mota, CA Ruiz-Bedoya, EW Tucker, DP Holt… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Pretomanid is a nitroimidazole antimicrobial active against drug-resistant Mycobacterium
tuberculosis and approved in combination with bedaquiline and linezolid (BPaL) to treat …

Profiling pretomanid as a therapeutic option for TB infection: evidence to date

SL Stancil, F Mirzayev… - Drug Design …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Tuberculosis (TB) is the most deadly infectious disease globally. Although most individuals
achieve a cure, a substantial portion develop multi-drug resistant TB which is exceedingly …

Pretomanid pharmacokinetics in the presence of rifamycins: interim results from a randomized trial among patients with tuberculosis

EH Ignatius, MT Abdelwahab, B Hendricks… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Shorter, more potent regimens are needed for tuberculosis. The nitroimidazole pretomanid
was recently approved for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in combination with …

Noninvasive 11C-rifampin positron emission tomography reveals drug biodistribution in tuberculous meningitis

EW Tucker, B Guglieri-Lopez, AA Ordonez… - Science translational …, 2018 - science.org
Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) is a devastating form of tuberculosis (TB), and key TB
antimicrobials, including rifampin, have restricted brain penetration. A lack of reliable data …

Untargeted metabolomics reveals a new mode of action of pretomanid (PA-824)

R Baptista, DM Fazakerley, M Beckmann, L Baillie… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Pretomanid is a promising anti-tubercular drug currently at clinical phase III, but its
mechanisms of action are currently unclear. This study aimed to:(i) reveal the metabolome of …

[HTML][HTML] Pretomanid development and its clinical roles in treating tuberculosis

G Fekadu, T Tolossa, E Turi, F Bekele… - Journal of Global …, 2022 - Elsevier
Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading infectious cause of mortality worldwide. Despite the
development of different antituberculosis drugs, managing resistant mycobacteria is still …

Bacterial infection imaging with [18F]fluoropropyl-trimethoprim

MA Sellmyer, I Lee, C Hou, CC Weng… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
There is often overlap in the diagnostic features of common pathologic processes such as
infection, sterile inflammation, and cancer both clinically and using conventional imaging …

Radiosynthesis and PET Bioimaging of 76Br-Bedaquiline in a Murine Model of Tuberculosis

AA Ordonez, LS Carroll, S Abhishek, F Mota… - ACS infectious …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Bedaquiline is a promising drug against tuberculosis (TB), but limited data are available on
its intralesional pharmacokinetics. Moreover, current techniques rely on invasive tissue …

Pretomanid: first approval

SJ Keam - Drugs, 2019 - Springer
Pretomanid, an oral nitroimidazooxazine antimycobacterial agent administered as part of the
BPaL (bedaquiline, pretomanid and linezolid) and BPaMZ (bedaquiline, pretomanid …

PET radiopharmaceuticals for specific bacteria imaging: a systematic review

S Auletta, M Varani, R Horvat, F Galli, A Signore… - Journal of clinical …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Background: Bacterial infections are still one of the main factors associated with mortality
worldwide. Many radiopharmaceuticals were developed for bacterial imaging, both with …