A 43-year-old member asked:
any medicine to treat multi-drug resistance in tuberculosis ?
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Dr. Simon Tsiouris answered
23 years experience Infectious Disease
Yes: Multi-drug resistant TB is resistant, by definition, to two drugs: Isoniazid and rifampin. There are many other drugs available which can be used in their place to treat and cure multi-drug resistant tb.
Answered on Jun 7, 2015
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Dr. Clarence Grim answered
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Drug resistant TB: There are none by definition except maybe some old ones like collapse lung and pray. Discuss with your team.
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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered
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Excellent article: See: http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/tuberculosis/basics/definition/con-20021761
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