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Effects of Increasing Concentrations of Rifampicin on Different Mycobacterium tuberculosis Lineages in a Whole-Blood Bactericidal Activity Assay.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 15 Feb 2022
Verma Rupangi, Gurumurthy Meera, Yeo Benjamin Chaik Meng, Lu Qingshu, Naftalin Claire M, Paton Nicholas I
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High-dose rifampicin improved bactericidal activity and culture conversion in early-phase tuberculosis (TB) trials, done mainly in Africa. We performed a whole-blood bactericidal activity (WBA) study to determine whether the effects of high-dose rifampicin differ across globally relevant TB strains and whether effects are similar in dormant bacilli that will be required for enhancing cure. Whole blood from...
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