Tuberculosis is once again the infectious disease responsible for the most deaths worldwide, according to a Tuesday ...

Also, it is primarily treated using antibiotics, namely Isoniazid, pyrazinamide, ethambutol, and rifampin. After the discovery of antibiotics, the number of TB cases and deaths began to drop ...

He was taking isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol, and pyridoxine. He was hepatitis-C positive but had tested negative for HIV. He had no significant surgical, social, or family history ...

Results from nine rounds of proficiency testing carried out between 1994 and 2002 showed higher sensitivities and specificities for INH and RMP than for ethambutol (EMB) and streptomycin (SM ...

This population-based cohort study investigated the nationwide usage of ethambutol and the incidence and screening of optic neuropathy among ethambutol users. Methods: The cohort included 206,157 ...

Most patients were treated with rifampicin, ethambutol and clarithromycin. Treatment outcome for pulmonary NTM disease was suboptimal but differed by species: overall, improvement was seen in 67% of ...

His serology for HIV was negative. The patient began standard daily treatment with rifampin 600 mg, isoniazid 300 mg, pyridoxine 1600 mg, and ethambutol 1100 mg. Despite the chest thoracostomy tube, ...

Untreated tuberculosis may result in several long-term complications, such as permanent lung damage. It’s vital for the condition to be treated early to prevent the infection from traveling to ...

This valuable work examines the role of the oxidoreductase MftG in Mycolicibacerium smegmatis alcohol metabolism. A solid set of data is presented to show that, in the context of ethanol metabolism, ...