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  2. Management of tuberculosis - Wikipedia

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    Management of tuberculosis refers to techniques and procedures utilized for treating tuberculosis (TB), or simply a treatment plan for TB.. The medical standard for active TB is a short course treatment involving a combination of isoniazid, rifampicin (also known as Rifampin), pyrazinamide, and ethambutol for the first two months.

  3. Ethambutol - Wikipedia

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    (S,S)-(+)-Ethambutol is powerful and selective antitubercular drug.It is a typical example of an old drug that was introduced for clinical use in its unichiral form. . Ethambutol contains two constitutionally symmetrical chiral centers in its structure and exists in three stereoisomeric forms, the enantiomeric pair (+)-(S,S)- and (−)-(R,R)-ethambutol, along with the achiral stereoisomer called m

  4. Isoniazid - Wikipedia

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    Isoniazid, also known as isonicotinic acid hydrazide (INH), is an antibiotic used for the treatment of tuberculosis. [4] For active tuberculosis, it is often used together with rifampicin, pyrazinamide, and either streptomycin or ethambutol. [5] For latent tuberculosis, it is often used alone. [4]

  5. Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis - Wikipedia

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    Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) is a form of tuberculosis caused by bacteria that are resistant to some of the most effective anti-TB drugs.XDR-TB strains have arisen after the mismanagement of individuals with multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB).

  6. Ethambutol/isoniazid/rifampicin - Wikipedia

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    It contains ethambutol, isoniazid, and rifampicin. [1] It is used either along or with other anti-tuberculosis medication. [1] It is taken by mouth. [1] Side effects are those of the underlying medications. [1] Use may not be suitable in children. [1] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. [2]

  7. Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis - Wikipedia

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    MDR-TB most commonly develops in the course of TB treatment, [5] and is most commonly due to doctors giving inappropriate treatment, or patients missing doses or failing to complete their treatment. Because MDR tuberculosis is an airborne pathogen, persons with active, pulmonary tuberculosis caused by a multidrug-resistant strain can transmit ...

  8. Equine-assisted therapy - Wikipedia

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    Suitable horses move freely and have good quality gaits, especially the walk. Unsound horses that show any signs of lameness are generally avoided. [29] The welfare of the horse is taken into consideration. Each individual animal has natural biological traits but also has a unique personality with its own likes, dislikes and habits.

  9. Recurrent airway obstruction - Wikipedia

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    Recurrent airway obstruction, also known as broken wind, heaves, wind-broke horse, or sometimes by the term usually reserved for humans, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or disorder (COPD) – it is a respiratory disease or chronic condition of horses involving an allergic bronchitis characterised by wheezing, coughing and laboured breathing.