Increased Moxifloxacin Dosing Among Patients With Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis With Low-Level Resistance to Moxifloxacin Did Not Improve Treatment Outcomes in a Tertiary Care Center in Mumbai, India.
Jeffrey A TornheimZarir F UdwadiaPrerna R AroraIshita GajjarSamridhi SharmaMegha KaraneNamrata SawantNisha KharatAlexander J BlumShri Vijay Bala Yogendra ShivakumarAkshay N GupteNikhil GupteJai B MullerpattanLancelot M PintoTester F AshavaidAmita GuptaCamilla RodriguesPublished in: Open forum infectious diseases (2021)
In a large observational cohort, adding high-dose (600 mg) moxifloxacin to a drug susceptibility test-based treatment regimen for MDR-TB was associated with increased treatment-associated side effects without improving overall outcomes and should be avoided for empiric treatment of moxifloxacin-resistant MDR-TB.