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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.
Both pregnant women and infants being breastfed by mothers taking INH should take vitamin B6 in its pyridoxine form to minimize the risk of peripheral nerve damage. [23] Vitamin B6 is used to prevent isoniazid-induced B6 deficiency and neuropathy in people with a risk factor, such as pregnancy, lactation, HIV infection, alcoholism, diabetes ...
For active tuberculosis it is used with other antimycobacterial medications. [1] For latent tuberculosis it may be used by itself when the exposure was with drug-resistant TB. [1] Rifabutin was approved for medical use in the United States in 1992. [1] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. [3]
[5] [6] In the United States the FDA has raised concerns about eye issues in the baby if used during pregnancy. [4] Ethambutol is believed to work by interfering with the bacteria's metabolism. [4] Ethambutol was discovered in 1961. [7] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines [8] and is available as a generic ...
Treatment with anti-TB drugs for at least 6 months results in higher success rates when compared with treatment less than 6 months, even though the difference is small. Shorter treatment regimen may be recommended for those with compliance issues. [ 146 ]
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The International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG) recommends that pregnant women have routine obstetric ultrasounds between 18 weeks' and 22 weeks' gestational age (the anatomy scan) in order to confirm pregnancy dating, to measure the fetus so that growth abnormalities can be recognized quickly later in pregnancy ...
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