Research Article

Effects of Bedaquiline on Antimicrobial Activity and Cytokine Secretion of Macrophages Infected with Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains

Table 6

Levels of IL-10 in culture supernatants of macrophages infected with H37Rv and MDR-MTB strains after Bdq administration (pg/ml, ).

4 h before administration4 h after administration24 h after administration48 h after administrationF test value

H37Rv strains
 Control465.43 ± 5.95528.99 ± 1.70582.81 ± 3.58566.52 ± 0.25425.3220.001
 Bdq465.43 ± 5.95483.38 ± 43.61431.66 ± 87.93440.30 ± 25.790.4320.742
t-test1.4782.4296.921
value0.2770.1360.020
MDR-MTB strains
 Control525.71 ± 79.17544.22 ± 0.80571.63 ± 1.93627.78 ± 4.402.5170.197
 Bdq525.71 ± 79.17470.29 ± 32.51471.07 ± 15.67466.71 ± 16.060.8150.549
t-test3.2159.00513.680
value0.0850.0120.005