Clofazimine for the treatment of tuberculosis

JAM Stadler, G Maartens, G Meintjes… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Shorter (6–9 months), fully oral regimens containing new and repurposed drugs are now the
first-choice option for the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB). Clofazimine, long …

The changing paradigm of drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment: successes, pitfalls, and future perspectives

N Dookie, SL Ngema, R Perumal… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2022 - journals.asm.org
Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) remains a global crisis due to the increasing incidence
of drug-resistant forms of the disease, gaps in detection and prevention, models of care, and …

A data compendium associating the genomes of 12,289 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates with quantitative resistance phenotypes to 13 antibiotics

CRyPTIC Consortium - PLoS biology, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The Comprehensive Resistance Prediction for Tuberculosis: an International Consortium
(CRyPTIC) presents here a data compendium of 12,289 Mycobacterium tuberculosis global …

Bedaquiline resistance in patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis in Cape Town, South Africa: a retrospective longitudinal cohort study

B Derendinger, A Dippenaar, M de Vos, S Huo… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Bedaquiline is a life-saving tuberculosis drug undergoing global scale-up.
People at risk of weak tuberculosis drug regimens are a priority for novel drug access …

Assessment of epidemiological and genetic characteristics and clinical outcomes of resistance to bedaquiline in patients treated for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis: a …

NA Ismail, SV Omar, H Moultrie, Z Bhyat… - The Lancet infectious …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Bedaquiline improves outcomes of patients with rifampicin-resistant and
multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis; however, emerging resistance threatens this …

Molecular docking, molecular dynamics simulations and binding free energy studies of interactions between Mycobacterium tuberculosis Pks13, PknG and bioactive …

K Nyambo, KI Tapfuma, F Adu-Amankwaah, L Julius… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Mycobacterial pathogens present a significant challenge to disease control efforts globally
due to their inherent resistance to multiple antibiotics. The rise of drug-resistant strains of …

Bedaquiline and clofazimine resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: an in-vitro and in-silico data analysis

L Sonnenkalb, JJ Carter, A Spitaleri, Z Iqbal… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Bedaquiline is a core drug for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis;
however, the understanding of resistance mechanisms is poor, which is hampering rapid …

Emergence of bedaquiline resistance in a high tuberculosis burden country

E Chesov, D Chesov, FP Maurer… - European …, 2022 - publications.ersnet.org
Rationale Bedaquiline has been classified as a group A drug for the treatment of multidrug-
resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) by the World Health Organization; however, globally …

Prisons as ecological drivers of fitness-compensated multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

SM Gygli, C Loiseau, L Jugheli, N Adamia, A Trauner… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for one third of the annual deaths due to
antimicrobial resistance. Drug resistance-conferring mutations frequently cause fitness costs …

Acquired bedaquiline resistance during the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis: a systematic review

JS Mallick, P Nair, ET Abbew… - JAC-antimicrobial …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) is considered to be a public health threat
and is difficult to cure, requiring a lengthy treatment with potent, potentially toxic drugs. The …