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| Title |
In vitro anti-tuberculosis activity of azole drugs against Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates
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| Published in |
Revista Argentina de Microbiología, September 2017
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.ram.2017.02.008 |
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| Authors |
Belén R. Imperiale, Ángel A. Cataldi, Nora S. Morcillo |
| Abstract |
Latent tuberculosis has been associated with the persistence of dormant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the organism of infected individuals, who are reservoirs of the bacilli and the source for spreading the disease in the community. New active anti-TB drugs exerting their metabolic action at different stages and on latent/dormant bacilli are urgently required to avoid endogenous reactivations and to be part of treatments of multi- and extensively-drug resistant tuberculosis (M/XDR-TB). It was previously reported that azole drugs are active against M. tuberculosis. For that reason, the aims of this study were to determine the in vitro activity of azole drugs, imidazole (clotrimazole, CLO and econazole, ECO) and nitroimidazole (metronidazole, MZ and ipronidazole, IPZ), against a collection of MDR M. tuberculosis clinical isolates; and to analyze their potential use in both the LTB and the active forms of M/XDR-TB treatments. A total of 55 MDR M. tuberculosis isolates and H37Rv were included. MZ and IPZ activity against M. tuberculosis isolates were tested using anaerobic culture conditions. The activity of ECO and CLO was measured by the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) using a microdilution colorimetric method. MZ and IPZ showed bacteriostatic activity against M. tuberculosis strains. MIC50 and MIC90 to ECO was 4.0μg/ml, while MIC50 to CLO was 4.0μg/ml and MIC90 was 8.0μg/ml respectively. All azole compounds tested in the study showed inhibitory activity against MDR M. tuberculosis clinical isolates. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 6 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Uruguay | 1 | 17% |
| Mexico | 1 | 17% |
| Spain | 1 | 17% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 2 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 46 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 46 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 17% |
| Researcher | 6 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 11% |
| Other | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 4 | 9% |
| Unknown | 16 | 35% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 15% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 13% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 5 | 11% |
| Chemistry | 4 | 9% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 3 | 7% |
| Other | 4 | 9% |
| Unknown | 17 | 37% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 February 2018.
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#14,541,990
of 25,382,440 outputs
Outputs from Revista Argentina de Microbiología
#64
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#157,133
of 323,373 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Revista Argentina de Microbiología
#4
of 18 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 327 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 1.7. This one has done well, scoring higher than 80% of its peers.
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