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Mycobactericidal Effects of Different Regimens Measured by Molecular Bacterial Load Assay among People Treated for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Tanzania

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dc.creator Mbelele, Peter
dc.creator Mpolya, Emmanuel
dc.creator Sauli, Elingarami
dc.creator Mtafya, Bariki
dc.creator Ntinginya, Nyanda
dc.creator Addo, Kennedy
dc.creator Kreppel, Katharina
dc.creator Mfinanga, Sayoki
dc.creator Phillips, Patrick
dc.creator Gillespie, Stephen
dc.creator Heysell, Scott
dc.creator Sabiiti, Wilber
dc.creator Mpagama, Stellah
dc.date 2022-08-04T08:00:02Z
dc.date 2022-08-04T08:00:02Z
dc.date 2021-02-03
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-25T09:20:35Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-25T09:20:35Z
dc.identifier https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02927-20
dc.identifier https://dspace.nm-aist.ac.tz/handle/20.500.12479/1452
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/95066
dc.description This research article was published American Society for Microbiology, 2021
dc.description Rifampin or multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (RR/MDR-TB) treatment has largely transitioned to regimens free of the injectable aminoglycoside component, despite the drug class’ purported bactericidal activity early in treatment. We tested whether Mycobacterium tuberculosis killing rates measured by tuberculosis molecular bacterial load assay (TB-MBLA) in sputa correlate with composition of the RR/MDR-TB regimen. Serial sputa were collected from patients with RR/MDR- and drug-sensitive TB at days 0, 3, 7, and 14, and then monthly for 4 months of anti-TB treatment. TB-MBLA was used to quantify viable M. tuberculosis 16S rRNA in sputum for estimation of colony forming units per ml (eCFU/ml). M. tuberculosis killing rates were compared among regimens using nonlinear-mixed-effects modeling of repeated measures. Thirty-seven patients produced 296 serial sputa and received treatment as follows: 13 patients received an injectable bedaquiline-free reference regimen, 9 received an injectable bedaquiline-containing regimen, 8 received an all-oral bedaquiline-based regimen, and 7 patients were treated for drug-sensitive TB with conventional rifampin/isoniazid/pyrazinamide/ethambutol (RHZE). Compared to the adjusted M. tuberculosis killing of −0.17 (95% confidence interval [CI] −0.23 to −0.12) for the injectable bedaquiline-free reference regimen, the killing rates were −0.62 (95% CI −1.05 to −0.20) log10 eCFU/ml for the injectable bedaquiline-containing regimen (P = 0.019), −0.35 (95% CI −0.65 to −0.13) log10 eCFU/ml for the all-oral bedaquiline-based regimen (P = 0.054), and −0.29 (95% CI −0.78 to +0.22) log10 eCFU/ml for the RHZE regimen (P = 0.332). Thus, M. tuberculosis killing rates from sputa were higher among patients who received bedaquiline but were further improved with the addition of an injectable aminoglycoside.
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dc.language en
dc.publisher American Society for Microbiology
dc.subject MDR-TB treatment regimens
dc.subject Molecular bacterial load assay
dc.subject Multidrug-resistant TB
dc.subject Mycobactericidal effects
dc.subject Mycobacterium tuberculosis
dc.subject All-oral bedaquiline regimen
dc.subject Injectable aminoglycoside regimen
dc.title Mycobactericidal Effects of Different Regimens Measured by Molecular Bacterial Load Assay among People Treated for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Tanzania
dc.type Article


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