Authors: Stoffels, K.¹; Traore, H.²; Vanderbist, F.²; Fauville-Dufaux, M.¹

Source: The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Volume 13, Number 8, August 2009 , pp. 1041-1044(4)

Publisher: International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Abstract:

This study investigated the susceptibility of 25 Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates to tobramycin (TBM) and clarithromycin (CLM). The effect of the drugs administered together was examined for possible synergistic effect. The median minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) for both drugs was 8 μg/ml. In 36% of the isolates, a decrease of the CLM MIC by a single or two-fold dilution was observed when a sub-inhibitory concentration of TBM was added. The results suggest that both drugs should be investigated further as potential adjuncts to the treatment of resistant tuberculosis, in particular through new drug delivery systems such as the dry powder inhaler allowing high lung deposition.

Keywords: Mycobacterium tuberculosis; MDR-TB; MIC; clarithromycin; tobramycin

Document Type: Short communication

Affiliations: 1: Reference Laboratory of Tuberculosis and Mycobacteria, Scientific Institute of Public Health, Department Institut Pasteur, Brussels, Belgium 2: Laboratoires SMB, Brussels, Belgium

Publication date: 2009-08-01

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