Novel 6-Month Treatment for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, United States

Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Jan;27(1):332-334. doi: 10.3201/eid2701.203766. Epub 2020 Nov 23.

Abstract

The US Food and Drug Administration approved a 6-month regimen of pretomanid, bedaquiline, and linezolid for extensively drug-resistant or multidrug-intolerant tuberculosis after a trial in South Africa demonstrated 90% effectiveness 6 months posttreatment. We report on a patient who completed the regimen using a lower linezolid dose.

Keywords: BPaL; Nix-TB; United States; antimicrobial resistance; bacteria; bedaquiline; drug monitoring; linezolid; pretomanid; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria.

MeSH terms

  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
  • Diarylquinolines / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Linezolid / therapeutic use
  • South Africa / epidemiology
  • Tuberculosis* / drug therapy
  • Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant* / drug therapy
  • United States / epidemiology

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents
  • Diarylquinolines
  • Linezolid