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. 2016 Jun 10;48(3):935–938. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00637-2016

TABLE 1.

Clinical characteristics of the first case treated with both delamanid and bedaquiline

Details Comments
Country of birth India
Age 39 years
Sex Female
Body weight at diagnosis# 65 kg
Case category Retreatment case
Number of previous anti-TB treatments 4
Drugs administered in previous anti-TB treatments Kanamycin 750 mg i.m. (12 months)
Levofloxacin 1 g, PAS 10 g, cycloserine 750 mg, ethionamide 750 mg, capreomycin 1 g i.m. (14 months)
High-dose isoniazid 900 mg, rifabutin 300 mg, clofazimine 200 mg, clarithromycin 1 g, amoxicillin/clavulanate 625 mg, terizidone 1 g three times daily, imipenem 500 mg i.v. three times daily (12 months), linezolid 600 mg then 300 mg
Previous outcome Cured (twice)
Body mass index at baseline 26.9 kg·m−2
Bacteriology at baseline Sputum smear positive
Culture positive
Xpert positive
At Day 18: smear negative
Culture taken after 28 days of treatment: ongoing (negative on the 14th day of MGIT culture)
Radiology Bilateral upper zones fibrocavitary lesions
Drug resistances Resistant to 12 drugs: Isoniazid, rifampicin, kanamycin, amikacin, capreomycin, moxifloxacin, ofloxacin, ethionamide, PAS, linezolid, high-dose isoniazid, high-dose moxifloxacin
Susceptible to: clofazimine
Last treatment regimen Delamanid, bedaquiline, clofazimine (200 mg), terizidone (1 g) and meropenem 1 g three times daily plus amoxicillin/clavulanate 1 g/200 mg three times daily i.v., all started on February 25, 2016 Bedaquiline stopped on March 7, 2016, restarted March 12, 2016

TB: tuberculosis; PAS: para-aminosalicylic acid; i.m.: intramuscular; i.v.: intravenous; MGIT: mycobacteria growth indicator tube. #: August 31, 2015.