Reply to “Contradictory Results with High-Dosage Rifamycin in Mice and Humans”
Author(s) -
Eric L. Nuermberger,
Ian M. Rosenthal,
Rokeya Tasneen,
Charles A. Peloquin,
Khisimuzi Mdluli,
Petros C. Karakousis,
J Grosset
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07
H-Index - 259
eISSN - 1070-6283
pISSN - 0066-4804
DOI - 10.1128/aac.02216-12
Subject(s) - rifamycin , biology , pharmacology , antibiotics , computational biology , virology , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology
We thank Coates and colleagues for their interest in our recent paper demonstrating in two pathologically distinct murine models of tuberculosis (TB) that rifapentine (RPT) is approximately 4 times more potent (on a mg/kg body weight basis) than rifampin (RIF) when used alone and in combination with
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