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.
ID
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D000995
altLabel
Agent, Tuberculostatic
Tuberculostatic Agents
Antitubercular Drug
Drug, Anti-Tuberculosis
Anti Tuberculosis Drugs
Drug, Antitubercular
Anti-Tuberculosis Agent
Anti Tuberculosis Agents
Antitubercular Agent
Tuberculostatic Agent
Agent, Anti-Tuberculosis
Anti-Tuberculosis Drugs
Antitubercular Drugs
Anti-Tuberculosis Drug
Anti Tuberculosis Agent
Agent, Antitubercular
Anti Tuberculosis Drug
Anti-Tuberculosis Agents
AN
consider also MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS /drug eff & TUBERCULOSIS /drug ther
AQL
AD AE AG AI AN BL CF CH CL CS EC HI IM IP ME PD PK PO RE SD ST TO TU UR
cui
C0003448
DC
1
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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