Bedaquiline and delamanid in the treatment of multidrug‐resistant tuberculosis: Promising but challenging

Y Li, F Sun, W Zhang - Drug development research, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Improving treatment outcomes in multidrug‐resistant tuberculosis (MDR‐TB) is partly
hampered by inadequate effective antitubercular agents. Development of bedaquiline and …

Linezolid for drug‐resistant pulmonary tuberculosis

B Singh, D Cocker, H Ryan… - Cochrane Database of …, 2019 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Linezolid was recently re‐classified as a Group A drug by the World Health
Organization (WHO) for treatment of multi‐drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR‐TB) and …

Cardiac safety of bedaquiline: a systematic and critical analysis of the evidence

E Pontali, G Sotgiu, S Tiberi… - European …, 2017 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The treatment of multidrug-resistant (MDR) or extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis
(TB) remains a challenge for clinicians for several reasons, including the large number of …

Bedaquiline and delamanid for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a multicentre cohort study in Korea

CT Kim, TO Kim, HJ Shin, YC Ko… - European …, 2018 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Relatively little is known about the efficacy and safety of the programmatic use of
bedaquiline and delamanid in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) treatment. This …

Shortage of essential antimicrobials: a major challenge to global health security

N Shafiq, AK Pandey, S Malhotra, A Holmes… - BMJ global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
The lack of access to safe and effective antimicrobials for human populations is a threat to
global health security and a contributor to the emergence and spread of antimicrobial …

Long-term bedaquiline-related treatment outcomes in patients with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis from South Africa

O Olayanju, J Limberis, A Esmail… - European respiratory …, 2018 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Optimal treatment regimens for patients with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-
TB) remain unclear. Long-term prospective outcome data comparing XDR-TB regimens with …

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and beyond: an updated analysis of the current evidence on bedaquiline

E Pontali, L D'Ambrosio, R Centis… - European …, 2017 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) tuberculosis (TB) continue
to be challenging at both the patient and programme level. The World Health Organization …

QT interval prolongation in people treated with bedaquiline for drug-resistant tuberculosis under programmatic conditions: a retrospective cohort study

S Isralls, K Baisley, E Ngam, AD Grant… - Open forum infectious …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Bedaquiline has a black-box warning of the risk of arrhythmias and sudden
death. This study aimed to determine the incidence of QTc prolongation and cardiac events …

Tuberculosis innovations mean little if they cannot save lives

M Pai, J Furin - Elife, 2017 - elifesciences.org
The past decade has seen the emergence of new diagnostics and drugs for tuberculosis, a
disease that kills over 1.8 million people each year. However, these new tools are yet to …

A safety evaluation of bedaquiline for the treatment of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis

K Cohen, G Maartens - Expert opinion on drug safety, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Outcomes of treatment for resistant tuberculosis are poor, with long treatment
duration and poor tolerability. Bedaquiline is a novel anti-mycobacterial drug, which has a …