• Medicine
• Published in
  The Journal of infectious…
  2013
• DOI:10.1093/infdis/jit352

Serum drug concentrations predictive of pulmonary tuberculosis outcomes.

@article{Pasipanodya2013SerumDC,
  title={Serum drug concentrations predictive of pulmonary tuberculosis outcomes.},
  author={Jotam G. Pasipanodya and H Mcilleron and Andr{\'e} Burger and Peter Wash and Peter Smith and Tawanda Gumbo},
  journal={The Journal of infectious diseases},
  year={2013},
  volume={208 9},
  pages={
          1464-73
        }
}

• Jotam G. Pasipanodya, H Mcilleron, +3 authors Tawanda Gumbo

BACKGROUND Based on a hollow-fiber system model of tuberculosis, we hypothesize that microbiologic failure and acquired drug resistance are primarily driven by low drug concentrations that result from pharmacokinetic variability. METHODS Clinical and pharmacokinetic data were prospectively collected from 142 tuberculosis patients in Western Cape, South Africa. Compartmental pharmacokinetic parameters of isoniazid, rifampin, and pyrazinamide were identified for each patient. Patients were then… CONTINUE READING

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