Chemicals and Drugs

Antitubercular Agents

Drugs used in the treatment of tuberculosis. They are divided into two main classes: first-line agents, those with the greatest efficacy and acceptable degrees of toxicity used successfully in the great majority of cases; and second-line drugs used in drug-resistant cases or those in which some other patient-related condition has compromised the effectiveness of primary therapy.

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Abstract

Drugs used in the treatment of tuberculosis. They are divided into two main classes: first-line agents, those with the greatest efficacy and acceptable degrees of toxicity used successfully in the great majority of cases; and second-line drugs used in drug-resistant cases or those in which some other patient-related condition has compromised the effectiveness of primary therapy.

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19 entry terms
  • Anti-Tuberculosis Agent
  • Anti-Tuberculosis Agents
  • Anti-Tuberculosis Drug
  • Anti-Tuberculosis Drugs
  • Antitubercular Agent
  • Antitubercular Drug
  • Antitubercular Drugs
  • Antituberculars
  • Tuberculostatic Agent
  • Tuberculostatic Agents
  • Agent, Anti-Tuberculosis
  • Agent, Antitubercular
  • Agent, Tuberculostatic
  • Anti Tuberculosis Agent
  • Anti Tuberculosis Agents
  • Anti Tuberculosis Drug
  • Anti Tuberculosis Drugs
  • Drug, Anti-Tuberculosis
  • Drug, Antitubercular

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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consider also MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS /drug eff & TUBERCULOSIS /drug ther

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1966

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Antitubercular Agents. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000995. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000995
  2. Antitubercular Agents. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q584144