The Diarylquinoline TMC207 for Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis
Author(s) -
Andreas H. Diacon,
Alexander S. Pym,
Martin P. Grobusch,
R. F. Patientia,
Roxana Rustomjee,
Liesl PageShipp,
Christoffel Pistorius,
René Krause,
Mampedi Bogoshi,
Gavin Churchyard,
Amour Venter,
Jenny Allen,
Juan Carlos Palomino,
Tine De Marez,
Rolf P. G. van Heeswijk,
Nacer Lounis,
Paul Meyvisch,
Johan Verbeeck,
Wim Parys,
K. De Beule,
Koen Andries,
David F. Mc Neeley
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa0808427
Subject(s) - medicine , culture conversion , sputum , tuberculosis , placebo , sputum culture , gastroenterology , multiple drug resistance , mycobacterium tuberculosis , regimen , drug resistance , hazard ratio , confidence interval , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , biology , alternative medicine
The diarylquinoline TMC207 offers a new mechanism of antituberculosis action by inhibiting mycobacterial ATP synthase. TMC207 potently inhibits drug-sensitive and drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in vitro and shows bactericidal activity in patients who have drug-susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis.
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