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In Vitro Synergy between Clofazimine and Amikacin in Treatment of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Disease by VAN INGEN, Jakko, TOTTEN, Sarah E, HELSTROM, Niels K, HEIFETS, Leonid B, BOEREE, Martin J, DALEY, Charles L

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The Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Pulmonary Mycobacterium avium Complex Disease Treatment by INGEN, Jakko Van, EGELUND, Eric F, LEVIN, Adrah, TOTTEN, Sarah E, BOEREE, Martin J, MOUTON, Johan W, AARNOUTSE, Rob E, HEIFETS, Leonid B, PELOQUIN, Charles A, DALEY, Charles L

“…Currently recommended multidrug treatment regimens for Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) lung disease yield limited cure rates. This results, in part, from…”
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Drug susceptibility testing and pharmacokinetics question current treatment regimens in Mycobacterium simiae complex disease by van Ingen, Jakko, Totten, Sarah E, Heifets, Leonid B, Boeree, Martin J, Daley, Charles L

“…Abstract The Mycobacterium simiae complex bacteria can cause opportunistic infections in humans. In the case of definite disease, there are no evidence-based…”
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Cough-generated Aerosols of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: A New Method to Study Infectiousness by Fennelly, Kevin P, Martyny, John W, Fulton, Kayte E, Orme, Ian M, Cave, Donald M, Heifets, Leonid B

“…The concentration and size distribution of infectious aerosols produced by patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) has never been directly measured. We aimed…”
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Are phylogenetic position, virulence, drug susceptibility and in vivo response to treatment in mycobacteria interrelated? by van Ingen, Jakko, Boeree, Martin J., van Soolingen, Dick, Iseman, Michael D., Heifets, Leonid B., Daley, Charles L.

“…[Display omitted] ► The most virulent mycobacteria are phylogenetically related. ► The most virulent mycobacteria show high levels of drug susceptibility. ►…”
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Rapid Detection of Tuberculosis and Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis by Iseman, Michael D, Heifets, Leonid B

“…Tuberculosis remains one of the major unresolved global health problems, and the situation is worsening in many parts of the world, primarily because of the…”
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XDR tuberculosis by van Ingen, Jakko, de Lange, Wiel CM, Boeree, Martin J, Iseman, Michael D, Daley, Charles L, Heifets, Leonid B, Böttger, Erik C, van Soolingen, Dick

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Inhibition of M. tuberculosis in vitro in monocytes and in mice by aminomethylene pyrazinamide analogs by Chung, Woo Jin, Kornilov, Andrei, Brodsky, Benjamin H, Higgins, Michael, Sanchez, Tracy, Heifets, Leonid B, Cynamon, Michael H, Welch, John

“…Summary Pyrazinamide is unusual among anti-tuberculous agents in its ability to promote a durable cure and shorten the duration of therapy. Yet the basis for…”
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Mycobacterium terrae: Case Reports, Literature Review, and In Vitro Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing by Smith, D. Scott, Lindholm-Levy, Pamela, Huitt, Gwen A., Heifets, Leonid B., Cook, James L.

“…Mycobacterium terrae infection can cause debilitating disease that is relatively resistant to antibiotic therapy. Two cases are presented, and data from an…”
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Early bactericidal activity of isoniazid in pulmonary tuberculosis : Optimization of methodology by HAFNER, R, COHN, J. A, WRIGHT, D. J, DUNLAP, N. E, EGORIN, M. J, ENAMA, M. E, MUTH, K, PELOQUIN, C. A, MOR, N, HEIFETS, L. B

“…Early bactericidal activity (EBA) of antituberculosis drugs is the rate of decrease in the concentration of tubercle bacilli sputum during the initial days of…”
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Clarithromycin Resistance and Susceptibility Patterns of Mycobacterium avium Strains Isolated During Prophylaxis for Disseminated Infection in Patients with AIDS by Craft, J Carl, Notario, Gerard F., Grosset, Jacques H., Heifets, Leonid B.

“…A randomized, placebo-controlled trial was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of clarithromycin in the prevention of disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex…”
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EDITORIALS: Rapid Detection of Tuberculosis and Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis by Iseman, Michael D, Heifets, Leonid B

“…Tuberculosis remains one of the major unresolved global health problems, and the situation is worsening in many parts of the world, primarily because of the…”
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Clarithromycin therapy for bacteremic Mycobacterium avium complex disease : a randomized, double-blind, dose-ranging study in patients with AIDS by CHAISSON, R. E, BENSON, C. A, DUBE, M. P, HEIFETS, L. B, KORVICK, J. A, ELKIN, S, SMITH, T, CRAFT, C, SATTLER, F. R

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Are phylogenetic position, virulence, drug susceptibility and in vivo response to treatment in mycobacteria interrelated?: Special issue on Molecular evolution, epidemiology and pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other mycobacteria by INGEN, Jakko Van, BOEREE, Martin J, SOOLINGEN, Dick Van, ISEMAN, Michael D, HEIFETS, Leonid B, DALEY, Charles L

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Once Weekly Azithromycin Therapy for Prevention of Mycobacterium avium Complex Infection in Patients with AIDS: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Multicenter Trial by Oldfield, Edward C., Fessel, W. Jeffrey, Dunne, Michael W., Dickinson, Gordon, Wallace, Mark R., Byrne, William, Chung, Raymond, Wagner, Kenneth F., Paparello, Scott F., Craig, Daniel B., Melcher, Gregory, Zajdowicz, Margan, Williams, Richard F., Kelly, J. William, Zelasky, Michael, Heifets, Leonid B., Berman, Jonathan D.

“…We conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled multicenter trial of azithromycin (1,200 mg once weekly) for the prevention of Mycobacterium avium…”
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Susceptibility to levofloxacin of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from patients with HIV-related tuberculosis and characterization of a strain with levofloxacin monoresistance by PERLMAN, D. C, EL SADR, W. M, MUSSER, J. M, HAFNER, R, HEIFETS, L. B, NELSON, E. T, MATTS, J. P, CHIRGWIN, K, SALOMON, N, TELZAK, E. E, KLEIN, O, KREISWIRTH, B. N

“…Objective: To characterize the susceptibility to levofloxacin of clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) obtained from patients with HIV-related…”
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Expedited detection of drug resistance in tuberculosis patients by Heifets, Leonid B.

“…The increase in disease-causing organisms resistant to standard drug therapy has captured the attention of the medical community and the lay press. Drug…”
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Choice of Antimicrobial Agents for M. avium Disease Based on Quantitative Tests of Drug Susceptibility by Heifets, L B, Iseman, M D

“…To the Editor: The choice of chemotherapy for Mycobacterium avium complex or M. avium disease is problematic because there are no established methods for…”
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The mycobacteriology laboratory. Past, present, and future by Heifets, L B

“…The role of the mycobacteriology laboratory in tuberculosis control programs has been underestimated in the past, but now laboratory services are proven to…”
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Rapid automated methods (BACTEC System) in clinical mycobacteriology by Heifets, L B

“…By using radiometric techniques, it is now possible to measure mycobacterial growth, to identify organisms as part of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex,…”
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