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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Hospital Nacional Dos de Mayo Parque Historia de la Medicina, Lima, Peru
National Center for Tuberculosis Problems, Almaty, Kazakhstan
National Center for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Tbilisi, Georgia
King DinuZulu Hospital, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Republican TB Hospital No. 2, Nukus, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan
Republican Scientific and Practical Centre for Pulmonology and Tuberculosis hospital, Minsk, Belarus
Barranco CRS, Lima, Peru
Task Applied Science (TASK) CRS, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South African Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative (SATVI) CRS, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Brooklyn Chest Hospital, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Armauer Hanssen Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
St. Peter's Tuberculosis Specializes Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
JSC National Center for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Tbilisi, Georgia
Task Applied Science - Brooklyn Chest Hospital, Ysterplaat, Cape Town, South Africa
King DinuZulu Hospital Complex, Sydenham, Durban, South Africa
Sizwe Tropical Disease Hospital, Sandringham, Johannesburg, South Africa
Klerksdorp Tshepong Hospital, Jouberton, Klerksdorp, South Africa
The Aurum Institute: Tembisa Hospital, Tembisa, Gauteng, South Africa
NIMR-Mbeya Medical Research Centre (MMRC), Mbeya, Tanzania
Usc La Nichd Crs, Los Angeles, California, United States
Wits RHI Shandukani Research Centre CRS, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Boston Medical Center Ped. HIV Program NICHD CRS, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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