Mycobacterium tuberculosis precursor rRNA as a measure of treatment-shortening activity of drugs and regimens

It is unclear why different antibiotics vary in their ability to shorten treatment of tuberculosis. Here, the authors show that a measure based on ribosomal RNA synthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis correlates with treatment shortening in culture, in mice and in human studies.

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Main Authors: Nicholas D. Walter, Sarah E. M. Born, Gregory T. Robertson, Matthew Reichlen, Christian Dide-Agossou, Victoria A. Ektnitphong, Karen Rossmassler, Michelle E. Ramey, Allison A. Bauman, Victor Ozols, Shelby C. Bearrows, Gary Schoolnik, Gregory Dolganov, Benjamin Garcia, Emmanuel Musisi, William Worodria, Laurence Huang, J. Lucian Davis, Nhung V. Nguyen, Hung V. Nguyen, Anh T. V. Nguyen, Ha Phan, Carol Wilusz, Brendan K. Podell, N’ Dira Sanoussi, Bouke C. de Jong, Corinne S. Merle, Dissou Affolabi, Helen McIlleron, Maria Garcia-Cremades, Ekaterina Maidji, Franceen Eshun-Wilson, Brandon Aguilar-Rodriguez, Dhuvarakesh Karthikeyan, Khisimuzi Mdluli, Cathy Bansbach, Anne J. Lenaerts, Radojka M. Savic, Payam Nahid, Joshua J. Vásquez, Martin I. Voskuil
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/e0c6c2c659ca434dbad834a1759cfbb7
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