Favourable outcomes in RR-TB patients using BPaL and other WHO-recommended second-line anti-TB drugs. Rikhotso, M. C., Ledwaba, S. E., Ngandu, J. K., Mavumengwana, V., Kinnear, C. J., Warren, R., Potgieter, N., & Traoré, A. N. The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease: The Official Journal of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 27(8):599–605, August, 2023.
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SETTING: According to reports in South Africa, treatment failure rates for rifampicin-resistant TB (RR-TB) are significant and below the WHO target of ≥70%. HIV infection and the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) influence how patients receiving anti-TB drugs respond to therapy. In the treatment of RR-TB, more recent medications, including bedaquiline, pretomanid and linezolid (BPaL), have shown promising results.OBJECTIVE: To assess treatment outcomes in RR-TB patients using BPaL and other second-line anti-TB drugs as recommended by the WHO in the South African population.DESIGN: The databases Medline, PubMed, Google Scholar and Embase were searched for studies between 2015 and 2022, which investigated BPaL outcomes in South Africa.RESULTS: Of the 27,259 participants, 21% were on bedaquiline, 1% were taking pretomanid and 9% were taking linezolid as part of their background regimen. About 68% of the patients were HIV-positive, with 59% of them taking HAART.CONCLUSION: Overall, 66% of patients taking BPaL drugs as part of their background regimen had favourable treatment outcomes. Additionally, patients with RR-TB who were HIV-positive and taking HAART while receiving BPaL drugs as part of a background regimen had improved treatment outcomes.
@article{rikhotso_favourable_2023,
	title = {Favourable outcomes in {RR}-{TB} patients using {BPaL} and other {WHO}-recommended second-line anti-{TB} drugs},
	volume = {27},
	issn = {1815-7920},
	doi = {10.5588/ijtld.22.0649},
	abstract = {SETTING: According to reports in South Africa, treatment failure rates for rifampicin-resistant TB (RR-TB) are significant and below the WHO target of ≥70\%. HIV infection and the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) influence how patients receiving anti-TB drugs respond to therapy. In the treatment of RR-TB, more recent medications, including bedaquiline, pretomanid and linezolid (BPaL), have shown promising results.OBJECTIVE: To assess treatment outcomes in RR-TB patients using BPaL and other second-line anti-TB drugs as recommended by the WHO in the South African population.DESIGN: The databases Medline, PubMed, Google Scholar and Embase were searched for studies between 2015 and 2022, which investigated BPaL outcomes in South Africa.RESULTS: Of the 27,259 participants, 21\% were on bedaquiline, 1\% were taking pretomanid and 9\% were taking linezolid as part of their background regimen. About 68\% of the patients were HIV-positive, with 59\% of them taking HAART.CONCLUSION: Overall, 66\% of patients taking BPaL drugs as part of their background regimen had favourable treatment outcomes. Additionally, patients with RR-TB who were HIV-positive and taking HAART while receiving BPaL drugs as part of a background regimen had improved treatment outcomes.},
	language = {eng},
	number = {8},
	journal = {The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease: The Official Journal of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease},
	author = {Rikhotso, M. C. and Ledwaba, S. E. and Ngandu, J.-P. K. and Mavumengwana, V. and Kinnear, C. J. and Warren, R. and Potgieter, N. and Traoré, A. N.},
	month = aug,
	year = {2023},
	pmid = {37491748},
	pmcid = {PMC10365554},
	keywords = {Antitubercular Agents, Diarylquinolines, HIV Infections, HIV Seropositivity, Humans, Linezolid, Rifampin, Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant, World Health Organization},
	pages = {599--605},
}

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