Efflux‐Pump–Derived Multiple Drug Resistance to Ethambutol Monotherapy inMycobacterium tuberculosisand the Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Ethambutol
Author(s) -
Shashikant Srivastava,
Sandirai Musuka,
Carleton M. Sherman,
Claudia Meek,
Richard D. Leff,
Tawanda Gumbo
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1086/651377
Subject(s) - ethambutol , isoniazid , pharmacology , mycobacterium tuberculosis , efflux , pharmacodynamics , medicine , pharmacokinetics , tuberculosis , drug resistance , antibacterial agent , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , pathology , biochemistry
Ethambutol is used for the treatment of tuberculosis in cases where there is isoniazid resistance. We examined the emergence of drug resistance to ethambutol monotherapy in pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic studies of a hollow-fiber system.
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