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Effects of Levofloxacin on Blood Lymphocyte Apoptosis in Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis: an In Vitro Study

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The effects of a fluroquinolone levofloxacin on apoptosis of peripheral blood lymphocytes from patients with infiltrative pulmonary tuberculosis were studied in vitro. It was found that levofloxacin stimulated apoptotic cell… Click to show full abstract

The effects of a fluroquinolone levofloxacin on apoptosis of peripheral blood lymphocytes from patients with infiltrative pulmonary tuberculosis were studied in vitro. It was found that levofloxacin stimulated apoptotic cell death in tuberculosis. Addition of levofloxacin to cell suspension from patients with drug-susceptible form of tuberculosis led to an increase in the number of CD95+ and AnnV+ lymphocytes. In patients with drug-resistant form of tuberculosis, only the number of apoptotic lymphocytes, but not the count of CD95+ cells increased under these conditions.

Keywords: pulmonary tuberculosis; apoptosis; effects levofloxacin; tuberculosis; blood; vitro

Journal Title: Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine
Year Published: 2019

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