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Günther G, Guglielmetti L, Kherabi Y, Duarte R, Lange C, Adamides T, Akkerman O, Andersen AB, Bakos Á, Bjarnason A, Bruchfeld J, Chesov D, Codecasa LR, Cirillo D, Danilovits M, Davidavičienė E, Duarte R, De Souza Galvão ML, Garnier S, Gjocaj M, Günther G, Ibraim E, Kappnik M, Khachatryan N, Klimuk D, Kuksa L, Jachym MF, Josefsdottir K, Kaluzhenina A, Lange C, Mack U, Makek MJ, Manika K, Mclaughlin AM, Mema D, Mengshoel AT, Muylle I, Nanovic Z, Özkara Ş, Perl S, Pesut D, Pierdou D, Ryskulov G, Skowroński M, Solovic I, Sukholytka M, Svetina P, Terleeva Y, Tiberi S, Togonidze T, Torri S, Turaev L, Usmanova R, Wirtz G, Vasankari T, Zhdanova E. Availability of drugs and resistance testing for BPaLM regimen for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis in Europe. Clin Microbiol Infect 2024:S1198-743X(24)00121-6. [PMID: 38490355 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2024.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2024] [Revised: 02/13/2024] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES Multidrug-resistant/Rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (TB) is a major obstacle to successful TB control. The recommendation by the World Health Organization to use bedaquiline, pretomanid, linezolid and moxifloxacin (BPaL(M)) for 6 months, based on results of three trials with high efficacy and low toxicity, has revolutionized treatment options. METHODS In this study, representatives of the Tuberculosis Network European Trialsgroup (TBnet) in 44/54 countries of the WHO Europe region document the availability of the medicines and drug susceptibility testing (DST) of the BPaL(M) regimen through a structured questionnaire between September to November 2023. RESULTS 24/44 (54.5%), 42/44 (95.5%), 43/44 (97.7%), and 43/44 (97.7%) had access to pretomanid, bedaquiline, linezolid, and moxifloxacin, respectively. Overall, 23/44 (52.3%) had access to all the drugs composing the BPaL(M) regimen. 7/44 (15.9%), 28/44 (63.6%), 34/44 (77.3%) and 36/44 (81.8%) had access to DST for pretomanid, bedaquiline, linezolid and moxifloxacin, respectively. DST was available for all medicines composing the BPaL(M) regimen in 6/44 (13.6%) countries. CONCLUSION Only in about half of the countries participating in the survey clinicians have access to all the BPaL(M) regimen drugs. In less than a fifth of countries, a complete DST is possible. Rapid scale up of DST capacity to prevent unnoticed spread of drug resistance and equal access to new regimens are urgently needed in Europe.
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Affiliation(s)
- Gunar Günther
- Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Allergology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland; Department of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia
| | - Lorenzo Guglielmetti
- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, U1135, Centre d'Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, Cimi-Paris, Paris, France; Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, Groupe Hospitalier Universitaire Sorbonne Université, Hopital Pitié-Salpetrière, Centre National de Référence des Mycobactéries etde la Résistance des Mycobactéries aux Antituberculeux, Paris, France
| | - Yousra Kherabi
- Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France; Université Paris Cité, Inserm, IAME, Paris, France
| | - Raquel Duarte
- Unidade de Investigação em Epidemiologia (EPI Unit), Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; Departamento de Saúde Comunitária, Estudos de Populações, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, ICBAS, Universidade do Porto, Portugal; Serviço de Pneumologia, Centro Hospitalar Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal; Unidade de Investigação Clínica, Administração Regional de Saúde do Norte, Porto, Portugal
| | - Christoph Lange
- Division of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany; German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Riems, Borstel, Germany; Respiratory Medicine and International Health, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany; Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children Hospital, Global TB Program, Houston, TX, USA.
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