Moxifloxacin for the treatment of HIV-associated tuberculosis in patients with contraindications or intolerance to rifamycins.
Administration of rifampicin or rifabutin in the treatment of HIV-associated tuberculosis (TB) is made rather complex by the risk of drug-drug interactions with most antiretrovirals and/or for reasons of toxicity. While in selecting the appropriate concomitant regimens the priority usually goes to rifamycins with exclusion of interacting antiretrovirals, in some circumstances the former cannot be used and anti-TB rifamycin-free regimens must be administered. We describe here the clinical course of two patients with HIV-associated TB in whom the last generation fluorquinolone moxifloxacin (found to exert significant activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis) successfully replaced rifamycins.
Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Torino, Amedeo di Savoia Hospital, Corso Svizzera 164, 10149 Torino, Italy. stefano.bonora@unito.it
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D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001372:Aza Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000075202:Contraindications; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D000077266:Moxifloxacin; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D011804:Quinolines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012294:Rifamycins / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001372:Aza Compounds; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D011804:Quinolines; D012294:Rifamycins; D000077266:Moxifloxacin