Fluoroquinolones resistance in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Pakistan and suitability of guidelines recommended standardized regimen

Int J Mycobacteriol. 2015 Sep;4(3):258-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmyco.2015.05.012. Epub 2015 Jun 21.

Authors

Nafees Ahmad¹, Amer Hayat Khan², Syed Azhar Syed Sulaiman², Arshad Javaid³

Affiliations

¹ Discipline of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Pulau Pinang, Malaysia. Electronic address: nafeesuob@gmail.com.
² Discipline of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.
³ Department of Pulmonology, Postgraduate Medical Institute, Peshawar, Pakistan.

PMID: 27649876
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmyco.2015.05.012

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Antimicrobial Stewardship
Antitubercular Agents / pharmacology
Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use*
Drug Resistance, Bacterial / drug effects*
Fluoroquinolones / pharmacology*
Fluoroquinolones / therapeutic use*
Guideline Adherence
Humans
Mycobacterium tuberculosis / drug effects*
Pakistan
Practice Patterns, Physicians' / statistics & numerical data
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / drug therapy*
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / microbiology*
Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / prevention & control

Substances

Antitubercular Agents
Fluoroquinolones