Acquired Resistance to Bedaquiline and Delamanid in Therapy for Tuberculosis.

Combined Use of Delamanid and Bedaquiline to Treat Multidrug-Resistant and Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: A Systematic Review

The new drugs delamanid and bedaquiline are increasingly being used to treat multidrug-resistant (MDR-) and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB). The World Health Organization, based on lack of evidence, recommends their use under specific conditions and not in combination. No systematic review has yet evaluated the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of delamanid and bedaquiline use...

Delamanid and Bedaquiline Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Ancestral Beijing Genotype Causing Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in a Tibetan Refugee.

Bedaquiline and Delamanid Combination Treatment of 5 Patients with Pulmonary Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

We report the experiences of 5 patients taking bedaquiline with delamanid in combination: 1 patient was cured; 3 culture converted, with 2 continuing and 1 changing therapy; and 1 died from respiratory insufficiency. For 2 patients, QT-interval prolongation but no arrhythmias occurred. Use of this therapy is justified for patients with limited options.

Variation in policy and practice of adolescent tuberculosis management in the WHO European Region

in Children. 2nd Edn. WHO/HTM/TB/2014.03. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2014. http://apps.who.int/ medicinedocs/documents/s21535en/s21535en.pdf 6 Bonnet M, Bastard M, du Cros P, et al. Identification of patients who could benefit from bedaquiline or delamanid: a multisite MDR-TB cohort study. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2016; 20: 177–186. 7 Pontali E, Sotgiu G, D’Ambrosio L, et al. Bedaquiline a...

First case of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis treated with both delamanid and bedaquiline

The European Respiratory Journal has recently discussed delamanid and bedaquiline and their use in difficult-to-treat cases affected by multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) or extensively drug-resistant (XDR-TB) [1–4]. The use of delamanid or bedaquiline is particularly important when four active drugs cannot be identified and included in a regimen, as per World Health Organization (WHO) g...