Distribution of plasma concentrations of first-line anti-TB drugs and individual MICs: a prospective cohort study in a low endemic setting.

Background: Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) could improve current TB treatment, but few studies have reported pharmacokinetic data together with MICs.

Objectives: To investigate plasma concentrations of rifampicin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide and ethambutol along with MICs.

Methods: Drug concentrations of rifampicin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide and ethambutol were analysed pre-dose and 2, 4 and 6 h after drug intake at week 2 in 31 TB patients and MICs in BACTEC 960 MGIT were determined at baseline.

Comparison of a capillary gel electrophoresis-based multiplex PCR assay and ribosomal intergenic transcribed spacer-2 amplicon sequencing for identification of clinically important Candida species.

The performance of a commercially available Seegene Seeplex STI Master Panel 3 multiplex PCR for Candida species identification was compared with an internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) PCR assay. We found that the Seeplex assay was specific for identification of C. albicans, C.