Sputum Culture Conversion With Moxifloxacin-Containing Regimens in the Treatment of Patients With Newly Diagnosed Sputum-Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis in South India | Zendy

Banurekha Velayutham | Zendy; I. S. Allaudeen | Zendy; Gomathi Narayan Sivaramakrishnan | Zendy; Perumal Vanamail | Zendy; Diir | Zendy; Chinnaiyan Ponnuraja | Zendy; Paulkumaran Paramasivam | Zendy; Dhanaraj Baskaran | Zendy; Ramesh Santhanakrishnan | Zendy; G. P. Navaneethapandian | Zendy; Makeshkumar Marimuthu | Zendy; Vanaja Kumar | Zendy; Cinthana Kandasamy | Zendy; K. Dharuman | Zendy; T. Elangovan | Zendy; Meenakshi Narasimhan | Zendy; Sridhar Rathinam | Zendy; V. Gangadharan | Zendy; Prabhakaran Rathinam | Zendy; Chandrasekar Chockalingam | Zendy; L. Jayabal | Zendy; Soumya Swaminathan | Zendy; Jawahar Mohideen Shaheed | Zendy

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Sputum Culture Conversion With Moxifloxacin-Containing Regimens in the Treatment of Patients With Newly Diagnosed Sputum-Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis in South India

Author(s) -

Banurekha Velayutham,

I. S. Allaudeen,

Gomathi Narayan Sivaramakrishnan,

Perumal Vanamail,

Diir,

Chinnaiyan Ponnuraja,

Paulkumaran Paramasivam,

Dhanaraj Baskaran,

Ramesh Santhanakrishnan,

G. P. Navaneethapandian,

Makeshkumar Marimuthu,

Vanaja Kumar,

Cinthana Kandasamy,

K. Dharuman,

T. Elangovan,

Meenakshi Narasimhan,

Sridhar Rathinam,

V. Gangadharan,

Prabhakaran Rathinam,

Chandrasekar Chockalingam,

L. Jayabal,

Soumya Swaminathan,

Jawahar Mohideen Shaheed

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciu550

Subject(s) - moxifloxacin , medicine , sputum , sputum culture , pyrazinamide , ethambutol , regimen , culture conversion , rifampicin , tuberculosis , surgery , isoniazid , antibiotics , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

Rapid sputum culture conversion at 2 months indicates the sterilizing capacity and potential of regimens to shorten duration of tuberculosis treatment. We compared results of sputum culture conversion by moxifloxacin and control regimens and identified factors affecting sputum culture positivity after 2 months of treatment.

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