by St. George’s University of London Kaplan–Meier Time to Unfavorable Outcome for the Primary mITT-M Population. The inset shows the same data on an enlarged y axis. aHR denotes adjusted hazard ratio; mITT-M, modified intention-to-treat microscopy positive; R, rifampicin; SR1, study regimen 1; and SR2, study regimen 2. Credit: NEJM Evidence (2023). DOI: 10.1056/EVIDoa2300054A higher...
by UK Research and Innovation Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researchers have discovered that over-the-counter drugs commonly used to treat heartburn could shorten the treatment of tuberculosis (TB). These drugs could also reduce the chances of the bacteria that causes TB from becoming drug resistant. The findings, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) today, may mean TB...
MICROBIOLOGY SOCIETY Research has found fidaxomicin, an antibiotic usually used to treat bowel infections, prevents growth of resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTb) in the lab. Published in the Journal of Medical Microbiology, the research found that fidaxomicin was more effective than existing tuberculosis (TB) medication at preventing growth of the bacterium that causes TB. Researchers compared the activity of...
