Recent news on Rifapentine

Trends in Tuberculosis Incidence—United States, 2006  -  Apr 24, 2007
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),TBTC also is nearing completion of a trial of a 3-month rifapentine-based treatment for latent TB infection. Despite these targeted measures to control TB,

New drugs trials could slash treatment times  -  Feb 18, 2007
News-Medical.net,In the four-year trial, a high dose of antibiotic drug rifapentine and a broad-spectrum antibiotic, called moxifloxacin, will be given once a week to

Hope for speedier TB treatment  -  Feb 17, 2007
BBC News,Combining the two antibiotics, rifapentine and moxifloxacin, has been shown to be an effective TB treatment in animal studies.

New drug combination could cut down TB treatment time: British ...  -  Feb 14, 2007
People's Daily Online,In a four-year trial, researchers at St George's, University of London, combined antibiotic drug rifapentine and broad-spectrum antibiotic moxifloxacin

Drug combo may harbour speedier TB cure  -  Feb 17, 2007
DailyIndia.com,The combination of two antibiotics - rifapentine and moxifloxacin - has been found to be effective vis-à-vis TB treatment in animal studies.

Dosing Schedules of 6-Month Regimens and Relapse for Pulmonary ...  -  Nov 14, 2006
AJRCCM (subscription),...for thrice-weekly, 5.0 (2.4–10.5) for daily IP plus once-weekly rifapentine, and 7.1 (3.3–15.3) for thrice-weekly IP plus once-weekly rifapentine.

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