Measurements of the in vitro anti-mycobacterial activity of ivermectin are method-dependent--authors' response.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Life Sciences Centre, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada ramon@mail.ubc.ca.
Santiago
S
Ramón-García
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
Catherine
C
Vilchèze
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Life Sciences Centre, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Leah E
LE
Lim
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Life Sciences Centre, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Carol
C
Ng
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
William R
WR
Jacobs
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and Centre for Tuberculosis Research, Life Sciences Centre, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Charles J
CJ
Thompson
D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007559:Ivermectin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000379:methods*; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000187:drug effects*
D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D007559:Ivermectin
antituberculosis drugs; avermectins; ivermectin; tuberculosis