Evidence map›Paper›PMID 12937014›Full record

ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2003

Chemotherapeutic potential of orally administered poly(lactide-co-glycolide) microparticles containing isoniazid, rifampin, and pyrazinamide against experimental tuberculosis.

Qurrat Ul-Ain, Sadhna Sharma, G K Khuller

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 authors.

Qurrat Ul-AinDepartment of Biochemistry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh 160 012, India.
Sadhna Sharma
G K Khuller

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLG) microspheres (diameter, less than 3 microm) containing isoniazid, rifampin, and pyrazinamide were used in a sustained oral drug delivery system to treat murine tuberculosis. Drug levels above the MIC were observed up to 72 h in plasma and for 9 days in various organs. Relative bioavailability of encapsulated drugs was greater than that of free drugs. Chemotherapy results showed better or equivalent clearance of bacilli in the PLG-drug-administered group (weekly) than with free drugs (daily).

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Biocompatible MaterialsLactic AcidPolyglycolic AcidPolymersAnimalsAntibiotics, AntitubercularAntitubercular AgentsArea Under CurveBiological AvailabilityCapsulesDrug CombinationsDrug CompoundingIsoniazidMicePolylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid CopolymerPyrazinamideAntibiotics, AntitubercularAntitubercular AgentsBiocompatible MaterialsCapsulesDrug CombinationsIsoniazidLactic AcidPolyglycolic AcidPolylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid CopolymerPolymersPyrazinamideRifampin

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PMID12937014
PMCPMC182631

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