| Literature DB >> 19736929 |
Luiz Pedro S de Carvalho1, Gang Lin, Xiuju Jiang, Carl Nathan.
Abstract
We report here that nitazoxanide (NTZ) and its active metabolite kill replicating and nonreplicating M. tuberculosis at low microg/mL levels. NTZ appears to evade resistance, as we were unable to recover resistant colonies, using up to 10(12) colony forming units. Therefore, NTZ is a novel lead compound that kills replicating and nonreplicating M. tuberculosis by a novel mechanism of action, which appears to bypass the development of resistance.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19736929 DOI: 10.1021/jm9010719
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Med Chem ISSN: 0022-2623 Impact factor: 7.446