Efficacy of nitazoxanide against clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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Nitazoxanide (NTZ) has bactericidal activity against the H37Rv laboratory strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with a MIC of 16 μg/ml. However, its efficacy against clinical isolates of M. tuberculosis has not been determined. We found that NTZ's MIC against 50 clinical isolates ranged from 12 to 28 μg/ml with a median of 16 μg/ml and was unaffected by resistance to first- or second-line antituberculosis drugs or a diversity of spoligotypes.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
دوره 57 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013