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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. Pyrazinamide - Wikipedia

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    Pyrazinamide is used in the first 2 months of treatment to reduce the duration of treatment required. [7] Regimens not containing pyrazinamide must be taken for 9 months or more. Pyrazinamide is a potent antiuricosuric drug [8] and consequently has an off-label use in the diagnosis of causes of hypouricemia and hyperuricosuria. [9] It acts on ...

  4. Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection - Wikipedia

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    Isoniazid and pyrazinamide are not effective for the therapy of MAC. Therapy should continue for the lifetime of the patient if the clinical and microbiologic improvement is observed. Clinical manifestations of disseminated MAC—such as fever, weight loss, and night sweats—should be monitored several times during the initial weeks of therapy.

  5. Biocontainment - Wikipedia

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    One use of the concept of biocontainment is related to laboratory biosafety and pertains to microbiology laboratories in which the physical containment of pathogenic organisms or agents (bacteria, viruses, and toxins) is required, usually by isolation in environmentally and biologically secure cabinets or rooms, to prevent accidental infection ...

  6. Risk Factors for Severe Flu Doctors Want You to Know About - AOL

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    The CDC report analyzed data from laboratory-confirmed flu-related hospitalizations in children and adults between 2010 and 2023. It noticed a few trends in risk factors for severe flu. Those include:

  7. Biosafety level - Wikipedia

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    Essential features of a biosafety level 4 (BSL-4) laboratory [1] A biosafety level (BSL), or pathogen/protection level, is a set of biocontainment precautions required to isolate dangerous biological agents in an enclosed laboratory facility. The levels of containment range from the lowest biosafety level 1 (BSL-1) to the highest at level 4 ...

  8. Here's what to know about bacteria in Tom's of Maine's ... - AOL

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    The FDA also noted that although company blamed the "root cause" of the P. yeei bacteria was due to a "laboratory error," no lab errors were identified in its initial investigation. "Your response ...

  9. US has first severe bird flu case. When should we start to worry?

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    Public concern over bird flu ratcheted up this week as the H5N1 virus continued its sweep through the nation's dairy and poultry farms and the first American was hospitalized with a severe infection.