Abstract
The capacity of Pyrazinamide (PZA) to prevent the selection of Rifampicin (RMP) resistant mutants was tested by the intravenous innoculation of 160 mice with 2 x 106 c.f.u. of M. tuberculosis, and two weeks later, the treatment of the mice either with 10 mg/kg/day RMP alone or with RMP + PZA 150 mg/kg/day. After three months of treatment, lungs and spleen were culture positive in respectively 95% and 90% of the mice treated with RMP alone and in 37% and 24% of the mice treated by RMP + PZA (p < 10-5). The strains isolated from lungs and spleen were resistant to Rifampicin in respectively 87% and 75% of the mice treated with RMP alone and in none of those treated with RMP + PZA.
| Translated title of the contribution | The prevention of rifampicin resistance with pyrazinamide |
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| Original language | French |
| Pages (from-to) | 205-208 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Revue des maladies respiratoires |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| State | Published - Jan 1 1985 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine