title: In vitro postantibiotic effects of rifapentine, isoniazid, and moxifloxacin against Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
abstract: Postantibiotic effects (PAEs) of rifapentine, isoniazid, and moxifloxacin against Mycobacterium tuberculosis ATCC 27294 were studied using a radiometric culture system. Rifapentine at 20 mg/liter gave the longest PAE (104 h) among the drugs used alone. The combinations of rifapentine plus isoniazid, rifapentine plus moxifloxacin, and isoniazid plus moxifloxacin gave PAEs of 136.5, 59.0, and 8.3 h, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories. chiuychan@cuhk.edu.hk
authors.forename: Chiu-Yeung
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Carrie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Au-Yeang
authors.forename: Wing-Wai
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Yew
authors.forename: Chi-Chiu
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: Augustine F B
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001372:Aza Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004338:Drug Combinations; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D007538:Isoniazid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D000077266:Moxifloxacin; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D011804:Quinolines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012293:Rifampin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D001372:Aza Compounds; D004338:Drug Combinations; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D011804:Quinolines; D000077266:Moxifloxacin; D007538:Isoniazid; D012293:Rifampin; C018421:rifapentine