Application of next generation sequencing for diagnosis and clinical management of drug-resistant tuberculosis: updates on recent developments in the field

N Dookie, A Khan, N Padayatchi, K Naidoo - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The World Health Organization's End TB Strategy prioritizes universal access to an early
diagnosis and comprehensive drug susceptibility testing (DST) for all individuals with …

[HTML][HTML] Pretomanid for tuberculosis: a systematic review

T Gils, L Lynen, BC de Jong, A Van Deun… - Clinical Microbiology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Outcomes of treatment of tuberculosis patients with regimens including
pretomanid have not yet been systematically reviewed. Objectives To appraise existing …

Intracellular localisation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis affects efficacy of the antibiotic pyrazinamide

P Santucci, DJ Greenwood, A Fearns, K Chen… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
To be effective, chemotherapy against tuberculosis (TB) must kill the intracellular population
of the pathogen, Mycobacterium tuberculosis. However, how host cell microenvironments …

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 …

The struggle to end a millennia-long pandemic: novel candidate and repurposed drugs for the treatment of tuberculosis

BD Edwards, SK Field - Drugs, 2022 - Springer
This article provides an encompassing review of the current pipeline of putative and
developed treatments for tuberculosis, including multidrug-resistant strains. The review has …

[HTML][HTML] The pipeline of new molecules and regimens against drug-resistant tuberculosis

TA Black, UK Buchwald - Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other …, 2021 - Elsevier
The clinical development and regulatory approval of bedaquiline, delamanid and
pretomanid over the last decade brought about significant progress in the management of …

MDR tuberculosis treatment

J Espinosa-Pereiro, A Sánchez-Montalvá, ML Aznar… - Medicina, 2022 - mdpi.com
Multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB), resistant to isoniazid and rifampicin, continues
to be one of the most important threats to controlling the TB epidemic. Over the last few …

Mycobacterial cell wall: a source of successful targets for old and new drugs

C Vilchèze - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Eighty years after the introduction of the first antituberculosis (TB) drug, the treatment of drug-
susceptible TB remains very cumbersome, requiring the use of four drugs (isoniazid …

Baseline and acquired resistance to bedaquiline, linezolid and pretomanid, and impact on treatment outcomes in four tuberculosis clinical trials containing pretomanid

J Timm, A Bateson, P Solanki, A Paleckyte… - PLOS Global Public …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Bedaquiline (B), pretomanid (Pa) and linezolid (L) are key components of new regimens for
treating rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (TB). However, there is limited information on the …

New and repurposed drugs for the treatment of active tuberculosis: an update for clinicians

JM Aguilar Diaz, AA Abulfathi, LH Te Brake… - Respiration, 2023 - karger.com
Although tuberculosis (TB) is preventable and curable, the lengthy treatment (generally 6
months), poor patient adherence, high inter-individual variability in pharmacokinetics (PK) …