| Literature DB >> 27993848 |
Angelo Iacobino1, Giovanni Piccaro2, Federico Giannoni1, Alessandro Mustazzolu1, Lanfranco Fattorini3.
Abstract
The activities of rifampin, rifapentine, bedaquiline, PA-824, clofazimine, nitazoxanide, isoniazid, amikacin, moxifloxacin, niclosamide, thioridazine, and pyrazinamide were tested against nonreplicating (dormant) Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv under conditions of hypoxia at pHs 5.8 and 7.3, mimicking environments of cellular granulomas and caseous granulomas, respectively. At pH 5.8, several drugs killed dormant bacilli, with the best being rifampin and rifapentine. At pH 7.3, only rifampin and rifapentine efficiently killed dormant bacilli, while all other drugs showed little activity.Entities:
Keywords: Mycobacterium tuberculosis; dormancy; hypoxia; killing; pH; rifampin; rifapentine; tuberculosis
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Year: 2017 PMID: 27993848 PMCID: PMC5328545 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.02296-16
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191