Bedaquiline is a bactericidal antimycobacterial drug belonging to the class of diarylquinoline. The quinolinic central heterocyclic nucleus with alcohol and amine side chains is responsible for bedaquiline-mediated antimycobacterial activity. Although it is closely related to fluoroquinolones, bedaquiline does not affect DNA gyrase; instead, bedaquiline inhi...
Bedaquiline is indicated as part of combination therapy in the treatment of adult and pediatric patients (5 years and older and weighing at least 15 kg) with pulmonary multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Reserve SIRTURO for use when an effective treatment regimen cannot otherwise be provided.
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CHRU, Sizwe Tropical Diseases Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa
Isango Lethemba TB Research Unit Empilweni TB Hospital, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
The Aurum Institute: Rustenburg Clinical Research Centre, Rustenburg, South Africa
Republican Scientific and Practical Centre for Pulmonology and Tuberculosis hospital, Minsk, Belarus
King DinuZulu Hospital, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
THINK Clinical Trial Unit, Hillcrest, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Republican Scientific and Practical Centre for Pulmonology and Tuberculosis hospital, Minsk, Belarus
Sh Alimov Republican Specialised Scientific-Practical Medical Centre for Phthysiology and Pulmonology Hospital, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Helen Jospeh Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa
National Lung Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam
De La Salle Health Sciences Institute, Dasmariñas, Philippines
SGS Life Science Services, Antwerpen, Belgium
Saiful Anwar Hospital, Malang, Indonesia
Joint Clinical Research Centre, Mbarara, Uganda
Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda
University of Cape Town Lung Institute, Cape Town, South Africa
Madibeng Centre for Research, Brits, South Africa
CHRU, Empilweni TB Hospital, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Tshepong Hospital, Klerksdorp, North - West, South Africa
Institute of Phthisiopneumology Chiril Draganiuc, Chisinau, Moldova, Republic of
Moscow City Research and Practice Tuberculosis Treatment Centre, Moscow, Russian Federation
TASK Clinical Research Centre, Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa
Desmond Tutu TB Centre - Stellenbosch University (DTTC-SU) CRS, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Sizwe CRS, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Les Centres GHESKIO Clinical Research Site (GHESKIO-INLR) CRS, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
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