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Table 2 Confirmed ADRs

From: Adverse drug reactions in South African patients receiving bedaquiline-containing tuberculosis treatment: an evaluation of spontaneously reported cases

Organ system

ADR

Number of reports

Number of patients who died in whom ADR occurred (number of deaths in which ADR was implicated)

Implicated drugsa (number of reports in which drug implicated)

Cardiovascular

Sudden death -suspected arrhythmia

4

4 (4)

Bedaquiline (4)

Clofazimine (4)

Levofloxacin (4)

QTcF prolongation

8

1 (0)

Bedaquiline (8)

Clofazimine (7)

Levofloxacin (6)

Moxifloxacin (1)

Skin

Acneiform rash

2

0

Bedaquiline (2)

Clofazimine (2)

Emtricitabine (1)

Ethionamide (1)

Isoniazid (1)

Levofloxacin (2)

Linezolid (2)

Lopinavir/ritonavir (1)

Para-aminosalicylic acid (2)

Pyrazinamide (2)

Tenofovir (1)

Terizidone (2)

Itchy rash

1

0

Bedaquiline (1)

Clofazimine (1)

Linezolid (1)

Para-aminosalicylic acid (1)

Pustular facial rash

3

0

Bedaquiline (3)

Clofazimine (3)

Ethionamide (1)

Isoniazid (1)

Lamivudine (1)

Levofloxacin (3)

Linezolid (3)

Nevirapine (1)

Para-aminosalicylic acid (3)

Pyrazinamide (3)

Tenofovir (1)

Terizidone (3)

Rash

1

0

Bedaquiline (1)

Clofazimine (1)

Isoniazid (1)

Levofloxacin (1)

Linezolid (1)

Para-aminosalicylic acid (1)

Pyrazinamide (1)

Terizidone (1)

Gastrointestinal

Antibiotic-associated diarrhoea

2

2 (2)

Levofloxacin (1)

Moxifloxacin (1)

Musculoskeletal

Arthralgia

3

0

Bedaquiline (3)

Levofloxacin (1)

Para-aminosalicylic acid (3)

Pyrazinamide (2)

Haematological

Increased bleeding risk

1

1 (1)

Warfarin (1)

Pancytopenia

1

1 (1)

Linezolid (1)

Neurologic

Psychosis

1

0

Levofloxacin (1)

Terizidone (1)

Seizure

1

1 (1)

Moxifloxacin (1)

Renal

Renal failure

2

2 (2)

Kanamycin (2)

  1. a Multiple drug suspects may be implicated in an ADR