Mycobactericidal activity of sutezolid (PNU-100480) in sputum (EBA) and blood (WBA) of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.

Sutezolid (PNU-100480) is a linezolid analog with superior bactericidal activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the hollow fiber, whole blood and mouse models. Like linezolid, it is unaffected by mutations conferring resistance to standard TB drugs. This study of sutezolid is its first in tub...

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Main Authors: Robert S Wallis, Rodney Dawson, Sven O Friedrich, Amour Venter, Darcy Paige, Tong Zhu, Annette Silvia, Jason Gobey, Craig Ellery, Yao Zhang, Kathleen Eisenach, Paul Miller, Andreas H Diacon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3986205?pdf=render