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. 2019 Aug;94(4):361-364.
doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2019.02.012. Epub 2019 Feb 19.

No in vitro synergistic effect of bedaquiline combined with fluoroquinolones, linezolid, and clofazimine against extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis

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No in vitro synergistic effect of bedaquiline combined with fluoroquinolones, linezolid, and clofazimine against extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis

Yu Pang et al. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2019 Aug.

Abstract

Purpose: We explored the potential synergistic effect of bedaquiline (BDQ) combined with moxifloxacin (MFX), gatifloxacin (GAT), clofazimine (CLO), and linezolid (LZD) for treatment of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB).

Methods: Of 191 XDR-TB isolates, 20 exhibiting minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) values ≥0.063 μg/mL for BDQ were selected to study potential synergistic, additive, or antagonistic drug effects using a checkerboard assay.

Results: Antagonism occurred in 14 (70.0%), 0 (0.0%), 13 (65.0%), and 4 (20.0%) XDR-TB isolates for BDQ-MFX, BDQ-GAT, BDQ-LZD, and BDQ-CLO combinations, respectively.

Conclusion: Our in vitro data demonstrate no observed synergistic effects against XDR-TB for drug combinations that included BDQ in combination with MFX, GAT, LZD, or CLO.

Keywords: Bedaquiline; Extensively drug resistant; Synergy; Tuberculosis.

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