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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. 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]

  4. Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis - Wikipedia

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    Treatment of MDR-TB requires treatment with second-line drugs, usually four or more anti-TB drugs for a minimum of 6 months, and possibly extending for 18–24 months if rifampin resistance has been identified in the specific strain of TB with which the patient has been infected. [9] Under ideal program conditions, MDR-TB cure rates can ...

  5. Tuberculosis - Wikipedia

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    MDR-TB is defined as resistance to the two most effective first-line TB drugs: rifampicin and isoniazid. Extensively drug-resistant TB is also resistant to three or more of the six classes of second-line drugs. [155] Totally drug-resistant TB is resistant to all currently used drugs. [156]

  6. Directly observed treatment, short-course - Wikipedia

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    Whereas previously less than 2% of infectious TB patients were being detected and cured, with DOTS treatment services in 1990 approximately 60% have been benefitted from this care. Since 1995, 41 million people have been successfully treated and up to 6 million lives saved through DOTS and the Stop TB Strategy. 5.8 million TB cases were ...

  7. Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis - Wikipedia

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    A 2008 study in the Tomsk oblast of Russia, reported that 14 out of 29 (48.3%) patients with XDR-TB successfully completed treatment. [16] In 2018, the WHO reported that the treatment success rate for XDR-TB was 34% for the 2015 cohort, compared to 55% for MDR/RR-TB (2015 cohort), 77% for HIV-associated TB (2016 cohort), and 82% for TB (2016 ...

  8. Ethambutol - Wikipedia

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    Ethambutol (EMB, E) is a medication primarily used to treat tuberculosis. [4] It is usually given in combination with other tuberculosis medications, such as isoniazid, rifampicin and pyrazinamide. [5] It may also be used to treat Mycobacterium avium complex, and Mycobacterium kansasii. [4] It is taken by mouth. [4]

  9. Delamanid - Wikipedia

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    Delamanid is sold under the brand name Deltyba, is a medication used to treat tuberculosis. [2] Specifically it is used, along with other antituberculosis medications, for active multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. [2] It is taken by mouth. [2] There are common side effects which include headache, dizziness, and nausea. [3]

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