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Management of tuberculosis refers to techniques and procedures utilized for treating tuberculosis (TB), or simply a treatment plan for TB.. The medical standard for active TB is a short course treatment involving a combination of isoniazid, rifampicin (also known as Rifampin), pyrazinamide, and ethambutol for the first two months.
Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) is a form of tuberculosis caused by bacteria that are resistant to some of the most effective anti-TB drugs.XDR-TB strains have arisen after the mismanagement of individuals with multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB).
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a form of tuberculosis (TB) infection caused by bacteria that are resistant to treatment with at least two of the most powerful first-line anti-TB medications (drugs): isoniazid and rifampicin.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain H37Rv is the most studied strain of tuberculosis in research laboratories. [1] It was first isolated by Dr. Edward R. Baldwin in 1905. [2] The strain came from a 19 year old patient with chronic pulmonary tuberculosis at the Trudeau Sanatorium in Saranac Lake, New York. [3]
Side effects are those of the underlying medications. [1] Common side effects include poor coordination, poor appetite, nausea, numbness, and feeling tired. [3] More severe side effects include liver problems. [3]
Scanning electron micrograph of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis is a serious public health problem in China. [1] China has the world's third largest cases of tuberculosis (after India and Indonesia), but progress in tuberculosis control was slow during the 1990s.
The TBC domain is an evolutionarily conserved protein domain found in all eukaryotes. It is approximately 180 to 200 amino acids long. The domain is named for its ...
AS160 (Akt substrate of 160 kDa), which was originally known as TBC1 domain family member 4 (TBC1D4), [5] is a Rab GTPase-activating protein that in humans is encoded by the TBC1D4 gene.