AASLD practice guidance on drug, herbal, and dietary supplement–induced liver injury
, 2022 Hepatology, EarlyView.
Robert J. Fontana +6 more
wiley +1 more source
A Multinational Analysis of Mutations and Heterogeneity in PZase, RpsA, and PanD Associated with Pyrazinamide Resistance in M/XDR Mycobacterium tuberculosis. [PDF]
, 2017 Pyrazinamide (PZA) is an important first-line drug in all existing and new tuberculosis (TB) treatment regimens. PZA-resistance in M. tuberculosis is increasing, especially among M/XDR cases.
Catanzaro, A +7 more
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Detecting Mutations in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Pyrazinamidase Gene pncA to Improve Infection Control and Decrease Drug Resistance Rates in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Coinfection. [PDF]
, 2016 Hospital infection control measures are crucial to tuberculosis (TB) control strategies within settings caring for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients, as these patients are at heightened risk of developing TB.
Bangsberg +41 more
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Breast tuberculosis in Northeast Iran: Review of 22 cases [PDF]
, 2014 Background: Breast tuberculosis (breast TB) is an extremely rare disease, so case reviews are also rare.Methods: This study is a retrospective review of patients with breast TB who were treated between 2002 and 2012 at the Health Center of Gorgan City ...
Khodabakhshi, B., Mehravar, F.
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Intracranial tuberculous mass lesions treated with thalidomide in an immunocompetent child from a low tuberculosis endemic country: A case report [PDF]
, 2018 Rationale: Tuberculous meningitis is a highly morbid, often fatal disease. Patient concern: We describe a case of an Italian child. Diagnoses: we diagnosed early a Tuberculous meningitis complicated by the occurrence of hydrocephalus, stroke, and ...
Ajassa, Camilla +8 more
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PYRAZINAMIDE INDUCED ACUTE GOUTY ARTHRITIS
Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2003 A typical case of pyrazinamide induced acute gouty arthritis in a tuberculous patient with antitubercular therapy including pyrazinamide was reported.
U N Pathak, B O Shrestha, R R Shrestha
doaj +1 more source
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Pyrazinamide (PZA) is widely used to treat drug-sensitive or multidrug resistance tuberculosis. However, conventional PZA susceptibility tests of clinical isolates are rather difficult because of the requirement of acid pH.
Kun Li +6 more
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Effects of low incubation temperatures on the bactericidal activity of anti-tuberculosis drugs [PDF]
, 2011 OBJECTIVES: to explore the effect of low incubation temperatures and the consequent slowing of bacterial metabolism on the bactericidal action of anti-tuberculosis drugs against Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Coleman, David +2 more
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Protective role of taurine against hepatotoxicity induced by pyrazinamide in rats
National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2018 Background: Pyrazinamide is a widely used antituberculosis drug. However, associated with its clinical use, hepatotoxicity is a life-threating side effect reported in some patients, but the exact mechanism by which pyrazinamide induces hepatotoxicity is ...
Shohreh Taziki +5 more
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The Prospective Synergy of Antitubercular Drugs With NAD Biosynthesis Inhibitors
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Given the upsurge of drug-resistant tuberculosis worldwide, there is much focus on developing novel drug combinations allowing shorter treatment duration and a lower toxicity profile.
Kyle H. Rohde, Leonardo Sorci
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