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Randomised controlled trial
Four-month fluoroquinolone-containing regimens are inferior to standard 6-month tuberculosis treatment
  1. Timothy R Sterling
  1. A2209 Medical Center North, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
  1. Correspondence to: Dr Timothy Sterling, A2209 Medical Center North, 1161 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; timothy.sterling{at}vanderbilt.edu

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Study 2: Merle CS, Fielding K, Sow OB, et al; OFLOTUB/Gatifloxacin for Tuberculosis Project. A four-month gatifloxacin-containing regimen for treating tuberculosis. N Engl J Med 2014; 371:1588–98.

Study 3: Jindani A, Harrison TS, Nunn AJ, et al; RIFAQUIN Trial Team. High-dose rifapentine with moxifloxacin for pulmonary tuberculosis. N Engl J Med 2014; 371:1599–608.

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Current antituberculosis therapy is a 6-month regimen that includes 2 months of isoniazid, rifampin, pyrazinamide and ethambutol, followed by 4 months of …

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  • Competing interests TS serves on a data safety monitoring board for a clinical trial sponsored by Otsuka.

  • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.