| Literature DB >> 29483112 |
Katarina Niward1,2, Linnea Ek Blom3,4, Lina Davies Forsman4,5, Judith Bruchfeld4,5, Erik Eliasson6, Thomas Schön7,8, Erja Chryssanthou3,9, Jakob Paues1,2.
Abstract
The plasma tuberculosis drug activity (TDA) assay may be an alternative tool for therapeutic drug monitoring in resource-limited settings. In tuberculosis (TB) patients (n = 30), TDA and plasma levels of first-line drugs were analyzed 2 h postdose, 2 weeks after treatment initiation. Patients with plasma levels of rifampin lower than 8 mg/liter had a significantly lower median TDA (1.40 versus 1.68, P = 0.0013). TDA may be used to identify TB patients with suboptimal rifampin levels during TB treatment.Entities:
Keywords: Mycobacterium tuberculosis; isoniazid; pharmacokinetics; rifampin
Mesh:
Substances:
Year: 2018 PMID: 29483112 PMCID: PMC5923115 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00218-18
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191