| Literature DB >> 24126586 |
Shashank Gupta1, Keira A Cohen, Kathryn Winglee, Mamoudou Maiga, Bassirou Diarra, William R Bishai.
Abstract
Drug efflux is an important resistance mechanism in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We found that verapamil, an efflux inhibitor, profoundly decreases the MIC of bedaquiline and clofazimine to M. tuberculosis by 8- to 16-fold. This exquisite susceptibility was noted among drug-susceptible and drug-resistant clinical isolates. Thus, efflux inhibition is an important sensitizer of bedaquiline and clofazimine, and efflux may emerge as a resistance mechanism to these drugs.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24126586 PMCID: PMC3910722 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01462-13
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191