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Antitubercular Agents  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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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Synonym(s)

  • Antitubercular Agent
  • Antitubercular Drug
  • Antitubercular Drugs
  • Anti-Tuberculosis Agent
  • Anti-Tuberculosis Agents
  • Anti-Tuberculosis Drug
  • Anti-Tuberculosis Drugs
  • Tuberculostatic Agent
  • Tuberculostatic Agents

In other languages

  • French

  • Agents antituberculeux
  • Anti-tuberculeux
  • Médicaments antituberculeux
  • Tuberculostatiques

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-NCM534SW-2

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