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clofazimine and Atypical Mycobacterial Infection, Disseminated

clofazimine has been researched along with Atypical Mycobacterial Infection, Disseminated in 35 studies

Clofazimine: A fat-soluble riminophenazine dye used for the treatment of leprosy. It has been used investigationally in combination with other antimycobacterial drugs to treat Mycobacterium avium infections in AIDS patients. Clofazimine also has a marked anti-inflammatory effect and is given to control the leprosy reaction, erythema nodosum leprosum. (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1993, p1619)
clofazimine : 3-Isopropylimino-3,5-dihydro-phenazine in which the hydrogen at position 5 is substituted substituted by a 4-chlorophenyl group, and that at position 2 is substituted by a (4-chlorophenyl)amino group. A dark red crystalline solid, clofazimine is an antimycobacterial and is one of the main drugs used for the treatment of multi-bacillary leprosy. However, it can cause red/brown discolouration of the skin, so other treatments are often preferred in light-skinned patients.

Research Excerpts

ExcerptRelevanceReference
"Mycobacterial osteomyelitis is rare, difficult to diagnose and treat, and may necessitate prolonged interruption of anti-leukemic therapy."5.62A child with acute myeloid leukemia complicated by calcaneal osteomyelitis due to Mycobacterium abscessus infection after induction chemotherapy successfully salvaged with bedaquiline and clofazimine. ( Chan, WY; Ha, SY; Ho, KW; Ho, PL; Lam, AY; Lau, TW; So, NL; To, KK, 2021)
"Clofazimine (CFZ), an old hydrophobic riminophenazine, has a wide range of antimycobacterial activity ranging from leprosy to nontuberculous mycobacterial diseases."5.05Clofazimine: an old drug for never-ending diseases. ( Besozzi, G; Biagio, AD; Canetti, D; Codecasa, L; Comelli, A; Diaw, MM; Gaiera, G; Giacomelli, A; Intini, E; Riccardi, N; Udwadia, Z, 2020)
"Clofazimine has been in clinical use for almost 40 years, but little is known of its mechanism of action."2.39Clofazimine: a review of its medical uses and mechanisms of action. ( Arbiser, JL; Moschella, SL, 1995)
" As an opportunistic pathogen with increasing antibiotics resistance, prolonged systemic dosing with multiple antibiotics remains the primary treatment paradigm."1.91Clofazimine Inhalation Suspension Demonstrates Promising Toxicokinetics in Canines for Treating Pulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infection. ( Doyle-Eisele, M; Grant, M; Hittinger, M; Hofmann, T; Kuehl, P; Kunkel, M; Reed, M; Rotermund, K; Ufer, S, 2023)
"PBTZ169 appears to be a candidate for treating four common NTM infections."1.91Efficacy of PBTZ169 and pretomanid against Mycobacterium avium, ( Chen, X; Fu, L; Lu, Y; Qi, X; Wang, B; Wang, H; Zhang, W; Zheng, L, 2023)
"Clofazimine has been regarded as a promising agent for the treatment of nontuberculous mycobacteria pulmonary disease (NTM-PD)."1.62Minimal Inhibitory Concentration of Clofazimine Among Clinical Isolates of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria and Its Impact on Treatment Outcome. ( Kim, SA; Kim, TS; Kwak, N; Whang, J; Yang, JS; Yim, JJ, 2021)
"Mycobacterial osteomyelitis is rare, difficult to diagnose and treat, and may necessitate prolonged interruption of anti-leukemic therapy."1.62A child with acute myeloid leukemia complicated by calcaneal osteomyelitis due to Mycobacterium abscessus infection after induction chemotherapy successfully salvaged with bedaquiline and clofazimine. ( Chan, WY; Ha, SY; Ho, KW; Ho, PL; Lam, AY; Lau, TW; So, NL; To, KK, 2021)
"Oral clofazimine was added in cases of (1) M abscessus subspecies abscessus (here M abscessus) or (2) M abscessus subspecies massiliense (here M massiliense) with cavitary lesions."1.62Outcomes of Inhaled Amikacin-Containing Multidrug Regimens for Mycobacterium abscessus Pulmonary Disease. ( Daley, CL; Huh, HJ; Jeon, K; Jhun, BW; Kang, N; Kim, H; Koh, WJ; Kwon, OJ; Lee, NY, 2021)
"Clofazimine has excellent in vitro activity against M abscessus, but reports of its use, particularly in children, have been limited."1.56Safety and Tolerability of Clofazimine in a Cohort of Children With Odontogenic Mycobacterium abscessus Infection. ( Adler-Shohet, FC; Arrieta, A; Ashouri, N; Flores, MC; Nieves, D; Singh, J; Tran, MT, 2020)
"Clofazimine is an antimicrobial agent that has activity in vitro against mycobacteria."1.46Safety and Effectiveness of Clofazimine for Primary and Refractory Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infection. ( Daley, CL; Levin, A; Martiniano, SL; Nick, JA; Sagel, SD; Wagner, BD, 2017)
"Clofazimine was highly efficacious against these RGM."1.36High efficacy of clofazimine and its synergistic effect with amikacin against rapidly growing mycobacteria. ( Chen, JH; Hu, ST; Lin, CF; Shen, GH; Wu, BD; Wu, KM, 2010)
"Four patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome with bacillemia from Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare presented with early pathologic clues of a disseminated mycobacterial infection."1.27Clues to the early diagnosis of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. ( Polis, MA; Tuazon, CU, 1985)

Research

Studies (35)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19902 (5.71)18.7374
1990's4 (11.43)18.2507
2000's4 (11.43)29.6817
2010's10 (28.57)24.3611
2020's15 (42.86)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Cameron, LH1
Peloquin, CA1
Hiatt, P1
Mann, M1
Starke, JR1
Faircloth, J1
McNeil, JC1
Patel, A1
Ruiz, F1
Sorayah, R1
Moraski, GC1
Barkan, D1
Pethe, K1
Schulthess, B1
Akdoğan Kittana, FN1
Hömke, R1
Sander, P1
Kunkel, M1
Doyle-Eisele, M1
Kuehl, P1
Rotermund, K1
Hittinger, M1
Ufer, S2
Reed, M1
Grant, M1
Hofmann, T2
Zheng, L1
Qi, X1
Zhang, W1
Wang, H1
Fu, L1
Wang, B1
Chen, X2
Lu, Y1
Siegel, SAR1
Griffith, DE1
Philley, JV1
Brown-Elliott, BA1
Brunton, AE1
Sullivan, PE1
Fuss, C1
Strnad, L1
Wallace, RJ1
Winthrop, KL1
Sürücüoğlu, S1
Özkütük, N1
Gazi, H1
Çavuşoğlu, C1
Thomson, R1
Radigan, A1
Jevert-Eichorn, S1
van Wijk, F1
Waterval, J1
van Aerde, K1
Henriet, SSV1
Meijer, FJA1
Borra, LC1
Aarnoutse, RE1
van Ingen, J3
Pinapala, A1
Koh, LJ1
Ng, KH1
Tambyah, PA1
Yap, HK1
Riccardi, N1
Giacomelli, A1
Canetti, D1
Comelli, A1
Intini, E1
Gaiera, G1
Diaw, MM1
Udwadia, Z1
Besozzi, G1
Codecasa, L1
Biagio, AD1
Kwak, N1
Whang, J1
Yang, JS1
Kim, TS1
Kim, SA1
Yim, JJ1
Chan, WY1
Ho, PL1
To, KK1
Lam, AY1
Ho, KW1
Lau, TW1
So, NL1
Ha, SY1
Flores-Suárez, LF1
Fernández-Sánchez, M1
Ahumada-Topete, VH1
Rodríguez, M1
Charli-Joseph, Y1
Kang, N1
Jeon, K1
Kim, H1
Kwon, OJ1
Huh, HJ1
Lee, NY1
Daley, CL2
Koh, WJ1
Jhun, BW1
Aksamit, TR1
Marras, TK1
Martiniano, SL1
Wagner, BD1
Levin, A1
Nick, JA1
Sagel, SD1
Yoon, HY1
Jo, KW1
Nam, GB1
Shim, TS1
Ruth, MM1
Zheng, S1
Lee, SFK1
Laughon, BE1
McHugh, TD1
Lipman, M1
Banaschewski, B1
Verma, D1
Pennings, LJ1
Zimmerman, M1
Ye, Q1
Gadawa, J1
Dartois, V1
Ordway, D1
Stapleton, K1
Adler-Shohet, FC1
Singh, J1
Nieves, D1
Ashouri, N1
Tran, MT1
Flores, MC1
Arrieta, A1
Shen, GH1
Wu, BD1
Hu, ST1
Lin, CF1
Wu, KM1
Chen, JH1
Kullavanijaya, P1
Rattana-Apiromyakij, N1
Sukonthapirom-Napattalung, P1
Sirimachand, S1
Duangdeeden, I1
Thangaraj, HS1
Phillips, RO1
Evans, MR1
Wansbrough-Jones, MH1
da Silva Telles, MA1
Chimara, E1
Ferrazoli, L1
Riley, LW1
Nenoff, P1
Uhlemann, R1
Grünewald, T1
Nenning, H1
Grunewald, S1
Paasch, U1
Finet, JF1
Similowski, T1
Derenne, JP1
Le Charpentier, Y1
Arbiser, JL1
Moschella, SL1
Prantera, C1
Kohn, A1
Mangiarotti, R1
Andreoli, A1
Luzi, C1
Zaugg, M1
Salfinger, M1
Opravil, M1
Lüthy, R1
Masur, H1
Tuazon, C1
Gill, V1
Grimes, G1
Baird, B1
Fauci, AS1
Lane, HC1
Polis, MA1
Tuazon, CU1

Clinical Trials (2)

Trial Overview

TrialPhaseEnrollmentStudy TypeStart DateStatus
Characteristics of Patients With Nontuberculosis Mycobacteria in Korean Population[NCT01616745]500 participants (Anticipated)Observational2011-07-31Recruiting
Identification of Host Susceptibility Factors and Development of Biomarkers for Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Disease[NCT00970801]300 participants (Anticipated)Observational2008-01-31Recruiting
[information is prepared from clinicaltrials.gov, extracted Sep-2024]

Reviews

5 reviews available for clofazimine and Atypical Mycobacterial Infection, Disseminated

ArticleYear
Clofazimine: an old drug for never-ending diseases.
    Future microbiology, 2020, Volume: 15

    Topics: Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Clofazimine; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Humans; Leprosy; Mycobacter

2020
New drugs to treat difficult tuberculous and nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease.
    Current opinion in pulmonary medicine, 2019, Volume: 25, Issue:3

    Topics: Amikacin; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Clofazimine; Diarylquinolines; Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculo

2019
Emerging aspects of Buruli ulcer.
    Expert review of anti-infective therapy, 2003, Volume: 1, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Clofazimine; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Humans; Leprostatic Agents; Mycobacterium Infectio

2003
Clofazimine: a review of its medical uses and mechanisms of action.
    Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 1995, Volume: 32, Issue:2 Pt 1

    Topics: Clofazimine; DNA, Bacterial; Humans; Intercalating Agents; Mycobacterium Infections; Mycobacterium I

1995
Extrapulmonary and disseminated infections due to Mycobacterium malmoense: case report and review.
    Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 1993, Volume: 16, Issue:4

    Topics: Adult; AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Antitubercular Agents; Clofazim

1993

Trials

1 trial available for clofazimine and Atypical Mycobacterial Infection, Disseminated

ArticleYear
Antimycobacterial therapy in Crohn's disease: results of a controlled, double-blind trial with a multiple antibiotic regimen.
    The American journal of gastroenterology, 1994, Volume: 89, Issue:4

    Topics: Adult; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Antitubercular Agents; Clofazimine; Crohn Disease; Dapsone; Double-Bli

1994

Other Studies

29 other studies available for clofazimine and Atypical Mycobacterial Infection, Disseminated

ArticleYear
Administration and monitoring of clofazimine for NTM infections in children with and without cystic fibrosis.
    Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society, 2022, Volume: 21, Issue:2

    Topics: Child; Clofazimine; Cystic Fibrosis; Humans; Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous; Nontuberculou

2022
The QcrB Inhibitors TB47 and Telacebec Do Not Potentiate the Activity of Clofazimine in Mycobacterium abscessus.
    Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2021, 11-17, Volume: 65, Issue:12

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Antitubercular Agents; Clofazimine; Humans; Imidazoles; Microbial Sensitivity

2021
    Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2022, 05-17, Volume: 66, Issue:5

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Antitubercular Agents; Clofazimine; Diarylquinolines; Humans; Microbial Sensi

2022
Clofazimine Inhalation Suspension Demonstrates Promising Toxicokinetics in Canines for Treating Pulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infection.
    Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2023, 02-16, Volume: 67, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Clofazimine; Dogs; Female; Lung; Male; Mycobacterium Infections, Non

2023
Efficacy of PBTZ169 and pretomanid against Mycobacterium avium,
    Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2023, Volume: 13

    Topics: Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Clofazimine; Mice; Mice, Inbred BALB C; Microbial Sensitivity Tests;

2023
Open-Label Trial of Amikacin Liposome Inhalation Suspension in Mycobacterium abscessus Lung Disease.
    Chest, 2023, Volume: 164, Issue:4

    Topics: Amikacin; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Azithromycin; Clofazimine; Cystic Fibrosis; Drug Resistance, Bacter

2023
[In vitro Activity of Rifabutin and Clofazimine to Macrolide-Resistant Mycobacterium abscessus Complex Clinical Isolates].
    Mikrobiyoloji bulteni, 2023, Volume: 57, Issue:4

    Topics: Aminoglycosides; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Clarithromycin; Clofazimine; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Hum

2023
Inhaled therapies for NTM disease - The way forward?
    Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society, 2019, Volume: 18, Issue:5

    Topics: Aerosols; Clofazimine; Cystic Fibrosis; Humans; Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous; Nontubercu

2019
Rare case of pacemaker infection with
    BMJ case reports, 2019, Sep-17, Volume: 12, Issue:9

    Topics: Amikacin; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Anti-Infective Agents; Arrhythmias, Cardiac; Cefoxitin; Clarithromy

2019
Successful Systemic and Topical Treatment of Mycobacterium abscessus Otomastoiditis.
    Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2019, 12-20, Volume: 64, Issue:1

    Topics: Administration, Oral; Adolescent; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Azithromycin; Child; Clofazimine; Combined

2019
Clofazimine in
    Peritoneal dialysis international : journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, 2021, Volume: 41, Issue:1

    Topics: Adult; Child; Clofazimine; Drug Therapy, Combination; Female; Humans; Leprostatic Agents; Mycobacter

2021
Minimal Inhibitory Concentration of Clofazimine Among Clinical Isolates of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria and Its Impact on Treatment Outcome.
    Chest, 2021, Volume: 159, Issue:2

    Topics: Aged; Clofazimine; Female; Humans; Male; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Middle Aged; Mycobacterium Inf

2021
A child with acute myeloid leukemia complicated by calcaneal osteomyelitis due to Mycobacterium abscessus infection after induction chemotherapy successfully salvaged with bedaquiline and clofazimine.
    International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases, 2021, Volume: 103

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Child, Preschool; Clofazimine; Combined Modality Therapy; Diarylquinolines; D

2021
After all, still a magnificent impersonator.
    Rheumatology (Oxford, England), 2021, 07-01, Volume: 60, Issue:7

    Topics: Adult; Biopsy; Clofazimine; Diagnostic Errors; Female; Humans; Leprostatic Agents; Mycobacterium; My

2021
Outcomes of Inhaled Amikacin-Containing Multidrug Regimens for Mycobacterium abscessus Pulmonary Disease.
    Chest, 2021, Volume: 160, Issue:2

    Topics: Administration, Inhalation; Aged; Amikacin; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Azithromycin; Clofazimine; Drug T

2021
Clofazimine Drug Susceptibility Testing for Nontuberculous Mycobacteria: A Call to Arms.
    Chest, 2021, Volume: 160, Issue:1

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Clofazimine; Humans; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Mycobacterium Infections, N

2021
Safety and Effectiveness of Clofazimine for Primary and Refractory Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infection.
    Chest, 2017, Volume: 152, Issue:4

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anti-Inflammatory Agents; Child; Clofazimine; Dose-Respo

2017
Clinical significance of QT-prolonging drug use in patients with MDR-TB or NTM disease.
    The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2017, 09-01, Volume: 21, Issue:9

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Antitubercular Agents; Azithromycin; Child; Clarithromyc

2017
New insights in the treatment of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease.
    Future microbiology, 2017, Volume: 12

    Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Clofazimine; Humans; Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous; Nontuberculous

2017
Nodular skin lesion secondary to Mycobacterium abscessus tenosynovitis.
    QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians, 2018, Dec-01, Volume: 111, Issue:12

    Topics: Aged; Clarithromycin; Clofazimine; Debridement; Female; Fingers; Humans; Mycobacterium abscessus; My

2018
Clofazimine inhalation suspension for the aerosol treatment of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial infections.
    Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society, 2019, Volume: 18, Issue:5

    Topics: Administration, Inhalation; Aerosols; Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Biological Availability; Clofa

2019
Safety and Tolerability of Clofazimine in a Cohort of Children With Odontogenic Mycobacterium abscessus Infection.
    Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 2020, Sep-17, Volume: 9, Issue:4

    Topics: California; Child; Child, Preschool; Clofazimine; Cross Infection; Dental Offices; Disease Outbreaks

2020
High efficacy of clofazimine and its synergistic effect with amikacin against rapidly growing mycobacteria.
    International journal of antimicrobial agents, 2010, Volume: 35, Issue:4

    Topics: Amikacin; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Clofazimine; Drug Synergism; Humans; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; M

2010
Disseminated Mycobacterium chelonae cutaneous infection: recalcitrant to combined antibiotic therapy.
    The Journal of dermatology, 2003, Volume: 30, Issue:6

    Topics: Adult; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Clarithromycin; Clofazimine; Cryotherapy; Drug Resistance; Drug Therap

2003
Mycobacterium kansasii: antibiotic susceptibility and PCR-restriction analysis of clinical isolates.
    Journal of medical microbiology, 2005, Volume: 54, Issue:Pt 10

    Topics: Amikacin; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Brazil; Ciprofloxacin; Clarithromycin; Clofazimine; Cycloserine; DN

2005
[Atypical mycobacteriosis of the skin caused by Mycobacterium abscessus in an immunocompetent woman].
    Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete, 2007, Volume: 58, Issue:12

    Topics: Antitubercular Agents; Biopsy; Buruli Ulcer; Clofazimine; Drug Therapy, Combination; Female; Follow-

2007
[Reversible pulmonary overload with clofazimine (Lamprene) in HIV-positive subjects].
    Annales de pathologie, 1995, Volume: 15, Issue:3

    Topics: AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections; Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid; Clofazimine; HIV Seropositivity

1995
Effect of combined clofazimine and ansamycin therapy on Mycobacterium avium-Mycobacterium intracellulare bacteremia in patients with AIDS.
    The Journal of infectious diseases, 1987, Volume: 155, Issue:1

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Amikacin; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Ciprofloxacin; Clofazimine; Cyc

1987
Clues to the early diagnosis of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
    Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine, 1985, Volume: 109, Issue:5

    Topics: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Adult; Amikacin; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Clofazimine; Female; Hum

1985