Patient description: Patient A is a 30-year-old male who was admitted to the hospital after 10 days of cough, profuse nocturnal sweating and loss of appetite. He had traveled to India 1 months ago and has not any positive history of TB vaccination. He is a previously healthy man, working as an engineer in a high tech company. He doesn't smoke o use any illicit drugs. He was febrile (38 c) with heart rate of 115 b/min, respiratory rate of 22, BP of 125/75 mmHg and O2 sat of 97%. Chest X-ray showed infiltrate in the middle of left lung with diameter of 1.8 cm with signs of cavitation. The sputum smear revealed positive sputum culture for Mycobacterium tuberculosis which are sensitive of the first-line TB drugs (isoniazid, streptomycin, rifampicin and ethambutol). Lab study is reported bellow: Hgb: 13 g/dl WBC: 14000 /mm3 Plt: 300000 /ml AST: 13 U/L ALT: 15 U/L Alk P: 53 U/L Bill total: 0.6 mg/dl Na: 137 mEq/l K: 4 mEq/l Creatinine: 0.5 mg/dl BUN: 10 mg/dl ESR: 120 mm/hr

Clinical trial eligibility criteria: eligible ages (years): 18.0-65.0,  Tuberculosis -Adults, male or female, age 18 to 65 years. -Women with child-bearing potential (not surgically sterilized or postmenopausal for less than 1 year) must be using or agree to use an adequate method of birth control [condom; intravaginal spermicide (foams, jellies, sponge) and diaphragm; cervical cap or intrauterine device] during study drug treatment. -Newly diagnosed sputum smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis as confirmed by sputum acid fast bacilli (AFB) smear and chest X-ray findings consistent with pulmonary tuberculosis. -Willing and able to provide informed consent. -Reasonably normal hemoglobin (greater than or equal to 8 gm/dL), renal function (serum creatinine less than 2 mg/dL), hepatic function [serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST) less than 1.5 times the upper limit of normal for the testing laboratory and total bilirubin less than 1.3 mg/dL], and random blood glucose less than 150 mg/dL  -Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. -Weight less than 75 percent of ideal body weight. -Presence of significant hemoptysis. Patients who cough up frank blood (more than blood streaked sputum) will not be eligible for enrollment. -Pregnant or breastfeeding women and those who are not practicing birth control. -Significant respiratory impairment (respiratory rate greater than 35/minute). -Clinical suspicion of disseminated tuberculosis or tuberculosis meningitis. -Presence of serious underlying medical illness, such as liver failure, renal failure, diabetes mellitus, chronic alcoholism, decompensated heart failure, hematologic malignancy or patients receiving myelosuppressive chemotherapy. -Patients receiving any of the following medications monoamine oxidase inhibitors (phenelzine, tranylcypromine), adrenergic/serotonergic agonists such as pseudoephedrine and phenylpropanolamine (frequently found in cold and cough remedies), tricyclic antidepressants (amitriptyline, nortriptyline, protriptyline, doxepin, amoxapine, etc), antipsychotics such as chlorpromazine and buspirone, serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (fluoxetine, paroxetine, sertraline, etc.), buproprion, agents known to prolong the QTc interval [erythromycin, clarithromycin, astemizole, type Ia (quinidine, procainamide, disopyramide) and III (amiodarone, sotalol) anti-arrhythmics, carbamazepine, insulin, sulfonylureas, and meperidine. -Presence of QTc prolongation (greater than 450 msec) on baseline electrocardiogram (EKG). -Allergy or contraindication to use of study drugs. -Treatment with antituberculosis medications or other antibiotics with known activity against M. tuberculosis during the preceding 6 months. -Inability to provide informed consent. -Total white blood cell count less than 3000/mm^3. -Platelet count less than 150,000/mm^3. -Patients with suspected drug resistant tuberculosis (e.g., contact to source patient with drug resistant tuberculosis, patients who have relapsed after previous treatment for tuberculosis). -Patients likely, in the opinion of the local investigator, to be unable to comply with the requirements of the study protocol