Activities of Clarithromycin, Azithromycin, and Ofioxacin in Combination with Liposomal or Unencapsulated Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor against Intramacrophage Mycobacterium avium-Mycobacterium intracellulare
Onyeji C, Nightingale C, Tessier P, Nicolau D, Bow L. Activities of Clarithromycin, Azithromycin, and Ofioxacin in Combination with Liposomal or Unencapsulated Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor against Intramacrophage Mycobacterium avium-Mycobacterium intracellulare. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 1995, 172: 810-816. PMID: 7658075, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/172.3.810.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMycobacterium avium-Mycobacterium intracellulareGranulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factorColony-stimulating factorGM-CSFHuman macrophage infection modelMaximal killing effectTherapeutic peak concentrationsTherapeutic trough concentrationsActivity of clarithromycinEffects of ofloxacinMacrophage infection modelMAI infectionTrough concentrationsSerum troughUseful adjunctClarithromycinAzithromycinInfection modelPeak levelsSignificant augmentationKilling effectPeak concentrationOfloxacinAntimycobacterial activityIntracellulare