A Prospective Study of Multidrug Resistance and a Pilot Study of the Safety of and Clinical and Microbiologic Response to Levofloxacin in Combination With Other Antimycobacterial Drugs for Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis (MDR
Completed
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
N/A
1969-12-31
To determine the demographic, behavioral, clinical, and geographic risk factors associated
with the occurrence of multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis (MDRTB). To evaluate the
clinical and microbiological responses and overall survival of MDRTB patients who are treated
with levofloxacin-containing multiple-drug regimens chosen from a hierarchical list. Per
9/28/94 amendment, to assess whether persistent or recurrent positive sputum cultures of
patients who show failure or relapse are due to the same strain or reinfection with a new
strain.
Among TB patients, there has been an increase in progressive disease due to the emergence of
antimycobacterial drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Failure to identify
patients at high risk for MDRTB increases the hazard for both treatment failure and
development of resistance to additional therapeutic agents. Efforts to improve survival in
patients with MDRTB will depend on improved methods of assessing the risk of acquisition of
MDRTB and identifying drug susceptibility patterns in a timely fashion.
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