ReviewJournal of clinical laboratory analysis2024
A Narrative Review of Bedaquiline and Delamanid: New Arsenals Against Multidrug-Resistant and Extensively Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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- Analytical Method Development and Validation for Clofazimine in Human Plasma and Application of LC-MS/MS Based Methods for Clofazimine and Bedaquiline in Indian MDR-TB Patients Stratified by HIV Coinfection.Journal of mass spectrometry : JMS · 2026Article
- Whole-Genome and Targeted Sequencing of 75 Drug-ResistantAnnals of laboratory medicine · 2026Article
- Drug-Resistant Tuberculous Spondylitis Treated with Bedaquiline-Containing Regimens in South Korea: Two Case Reports.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Molecular Mechanisms of Resistance and Treatment Efficacy of Delamanid AgainstHealth science reports · 2026Review
- The urgency to include palliative care in the response to tuberculosis in Brazil.Cadernos de saude publica · 2026Article
- Combating Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Advancements in Diagnostics and Therapeutics.Pulmonary medicine · 2026Review
- Evaluation of the In Vitro Activity of Bedaquiline, Delamanid, and Clofazimine AgainstPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Advances and prospects for treatment strategies of drug-resistant tuberculosis: a review.GMS hygiene and infection control · 2025Review
- Flavin and deazaflavin biosynthesis in mycobacteria: relevance to physiology, implications for drug discovery, MR-1 antigenicity, and vaccine development.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe treatment of multidrug-resistant (MDR-) and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) is a formidable challenge. Treatment of MDR- and XDR-TB using bedaquiline (BDQ) and delamanid (DLM), two newly introduced medications, is steadily increasing. This narrative review aimed to present a concise overview of the existing information regarding BDQ and DLM, and elucidate their antimicrobial characteristics, resistance mechanisms, synergism with other drugs, and side effects.
methodsTo collect the required information about the antimicrobial properties, a search for scientific evidence from the Scopus, PubMed, and Embase databases was performed, and all recently published articles up to May 2024 were considered.
resultsBDQ had potent antimicrobial effects on various types of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), including rapid-growing and slow-growing species, and MDR/XDR Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The mechanisms of BDQ resistance in M. tuberculosis primarily involve mutations in three genes: atpE, mmpR (Rv0678) and pepQ. BDQ may have synergistic effects when combined with DLM, pyrazinamide, and pretomanid/linezolid. BDQ has a low incidence of side effects. The use of BDQ may prolong the QTc interval. Similarly, DLM showed potent antimicrobial effects on NTM and MDR/XDR M. tuberculosis. The main resistance mechanisms to DLM are induced by mutations in fbiA, fbiB, fbiC, fgd1, and ddn genes. The DLM had synergistic effects with BDQ and moxifloxacin. The DLM also has few side effects in some patients including QTc prolongation.
conclusionBDQ and DLM are suitable antibiotics with few side effects for the treatment of MDR/XDR-TB. These antibiotics have synergistic effects when combined with other antituberculosis drugs.
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