| Literature DB >> 28559262 |
Noton K Dutta1, Michael L Pinn1, Petros C Karakousis2,3.
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Preliminary preclinical and observational studies suggest the potential utility of metformin as an adjunctive, host-directed agent for treatment of tuberculosis (TB). In this study, we sought to investigate the bactericidal and sterilizing activities of human-like exposures of metformin when given in combination with the first-line regimen against chronic tuberculosis in BALB/c mice. Mice receiving metformin adjunctive therapy had similar lung bacillary burdens with control mice during treatment, and the proportion of mice with microbiological relapse was similar between the two groups.Entities:
Keywords: BALB/c; Denver regimen; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; bactericidal; cure; host-directed therapy; metformin; relapse; standard first-line regimen; sterilizing
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28559262 PMCID: PMC5527622 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00652-17
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191