Latest drug used for treatment of MDR TB patients is ?
Correct Answer: Bedaquiline
Description: Ans. is'a'i.e., Bedaquiline (Ref: Principles and practice of infectious diseases by lohn E. Bennet, p. 4741Bedaquiline:It is a diaryl quinolone.It acts by inhibiting M. tuberculosis adenosine triphosphate synthase.FDA has approved bedaquiline for the management of drug resistant tuberculosis with a black box warning, relating to possible cardiac toxicity and sudden death.
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