Department of Mycobacteriology and Pulmonary Research, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
Microbiology Research Center (MRC), Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2019 Feb 26;63(3). doi: 10.1128/AAC.02530-18. Print 2019 Mar.
In the regions where bedaquiline (BDQ) is introduced into the regimen, analysis of MIC and screening for preexisting resistance mutations could be crucial. The high prevalence of isolates with high BDQ MICs without prior exposure to BDQ was worrisome. It was also concluded that efflux pumps play a pivotal role in intrinsic BDQ resistance; therefore, the potential of verapamil as an adjunctive therapy to combat BDQ resistance should be investigated.
在引入贝达喹啉(BDQ)的地区,分析 MIC 和筛查预先存在的耐药突变可能至关重要。高比例的分离株在没有事先接触 BDQ 的情况下就具有高 BDQ MIC 值令人担忧。研究还得出结论,外排泵在 BDQ 的固有耐药中起关键作用;因此,应研究维拉帕米作为辅助治疗来对抗 BDQ 耐药的潜力。