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. 1994 Aug;38(8):1838–1843. doi: 10.1128/aac.38.8.1838

Activities of the benzoxazinorifamycin KRM 1648 and ethambutol against Mycobacterium avium complex in vitro and in macrophages.

C B Inderlied 1, L Barbara-Burnham 1, M Wu 1, L S Young 1, L E Bermudez 1
PMCID: PMC284646  PMID: 7986017

Abstract

KRM 1648 is a 4-aminobenzoxazine derivative of rifamycin S with potent in vitro activity against the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC); the MIC for 90% of 24 MAC isolates from AIDS patients was 0.25 microgram/ml as determined by a radiometric broth macrodilution assay. KRM 1648 was bactericidal for MAC isolates in Middlebrook 7H9 broth, with a reduction in viability of 1 to 4 orders of magnitude over 72 h. In human macrophages, KRM 1648 also was bactericidal, with a reduction of 3 to 4 orders of magnitude in CFU per ml of macrophage lysate at a concentration of 1 microgram/ml; however, the bactericidal activity varied approximately 10-fold among the three MAC serovars tested. In growth medium, ethambutol potentiated the effect of KRM 1648, but this potentiation was modest when tested against MAC in macrophages and also varied between MAC strains. KRM 1648 has potential as an antimycobacterial agent for MAC disease, perhaps in combination with other agents so that the use of lower dosages of KRM 1648 than are needed with other rifamycins may be possible.

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