The present invention provides shortening TB Therapy and reducing relapse by co-administering Chloroquine with anti-TB drugs to drug-sensitive TB patients, multiple drug resistant (MDR) TB patients and TB patients co-infected with HIV-1. The present invention also provides shortening TB Therapy and reducing relapse by co-administering hydroxychloroquine with anti-TB drugs to drug-sensitive TB patients, multiple drug resistant (MDR) TB patients and TB patients co-infected with HIV-1.

The present invention is a method of treating or preventing Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in a subject by administering to the subject an effective amount of oxazolidinone, specifically (N—(((S)-3-(dibenzo[b,e][1,4]dioxin-7-yl)-2-oxooxazolidin-5-yl)methyl)acetamide) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, or stereoisomer thereof.

Techniques regarding killing of a pathogen with one or more ionene compositions having antimicrobial functionality are provided. For example, one or more embodiments can comprise a method, which can comprise contacting a Mycobacterium tuberculosis microbe with a chemical compound. The chemical compound can comprise an ionene unit. Also, the ionene unit can comprise a cation distributed along a molecular backbone. The ionene unit can have antimicrobial functionality. The method can further comprise electrostatically disrupting a membrane of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis microbe in response to the contacting.

Techniques regarding killing of a pathogen with one or more ionene compositions having antimicrobial functionality are provided. For example, one or more embodiments can comprise a method, which can comprise contacting a Mycobacterium tuberculosis microbe with a chemical compound. The chemical compound can comprise an ionene unit. Also, the ionene unit can comprise a cation distributed along a molecular backbone. The ionene unit can have antimicrobial functionality. The method can further comprise electrostatically disrupting a membrane of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis microbe in response to the contacting.

The present invention relates to the following compounds pounds (I) wherein the integers are as defined in the description, and where the compounds may be useful as medicaments, for instance for use in the treatment of tuberculosis (e.g. in combination).

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The present invention relates to the following compounds pounds (I) wherein the integers are as defined in the description, and where the compounds may be useful as medicaments, for instance for use in the treatment of tuberculosis (e.g. in combination).

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Disclosed are a construction method of a recombinant drug-resistant Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) strain and a pharmaceutical composition for treating tuberculosis (TB). The construction method includes: using BCG as an original bacterial strain to construct a drug-resistant BCG strain resistant to at least one selected from the group consisting of STR, LFX, EMB, PRO, PAS, and AMK; and further inserting sequence fragments that can express related antigens Ag85b and Rv2628 causing an immune response into a genome of the strain to construct a recombinant drug-resistant BCG strain. The recombinant drug-resistant BCG strain can compete with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) for growth, thereby accelerating the death of Mtb. When used in combination with a drug for treating TB, the recombinant drug-resistant BCG strain can further enhance a therapeutic effect for Mtb, and can also avoid re-infection of a patient.

Disclosed are a construction method of a recombinant drug-resistant Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) strain and a pharmaceutical composition for treating tuberculosis (TB). The construction method includes: using BCG as an original bacterial strain to construct a drug-resistant BCG strain resistant to at least one selected from the group consisting of STR, LFX, EMB, PRO, PAS, and AMK; and further inserting sequence fragments that can express related antigens Ag85b and Rv2628 causing an immune response into a genome of the strain to construct a recombinant drug-resistant BCG strain. The recombinant drug-resistant BCG strain can compete with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) for growth, thereby accelerating the death of Mtb. When used in combination with a drug for treating TB, the recombinant drug-resistant BCG strain can further enhance a therapeutic effect for Mtb, and can also avoid re-infection of a patient.

This disclosure relates to the use of kinase inhibitor to treat or prevent infectious diseases such as tuberculosis. In certain embodiments, this disclosure relates to treating or preventing an infectious disease comprising administering an effective amount of a kinase inhibitor or other compound disclosed herein to a subject in need thereof. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of treating or preventing tuberculosis comprising administering a kinase inhibitor to a subject in need thereof. In certain embodiments, the subject is diagnosed with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) that is resistant to multiple antibiotic agents.

This disclosure relates to the use of kinase inhibitor to treat or prevent infectious diseases such as tuberculosis. In certain embodiments, this disclosure relates to treating or preventing an infectious disease comprising administering an effective amount of a kinase inhibitor or other compound disclosed herein to a subject in need thereof. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of treating or preventing tuberculosis comprising administering a kinase inhibitor to a subject in need thereof. In certain embodiments, the subject is diagnosed with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) that is resistant to multiple antibiotic agents.