"Antitubercular Agents" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D000995
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.954.122.085.255
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| Concept/Terms |
Antitubercular Agents- Antitubercular Agents
- Agents, Antitubercular
- Antitubercular Drugs
- Drugs, Antitubercular
- Tuberculostatic Agents
- Agents, Tuberculostatic
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Antitubercular Agents" by people in Profiles.
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Tuberculosis: a focused review for the emergency medicine clinician. Am J Emerg Med. 2020 May; 38(5):1014-1022.
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Tuberculosis infections and tumor necrosis factor alpha antagonists. Am J Ther. 2013 Jan; 20(1):73-8.
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When should INH prophylaxis be given to a dialysis patient with a positive tuberculin skin test but with a normal CXR? Semin Dial. 2011 Jul-Aug; 24(4):440-1.
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New weapons in the war on tuberculosis. Am J Ther. 2011 Jul; 18(4):e101-12.
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Absence of transaminase elevation during concomitant methotrexate and isoniazid therapy. J Rheumatol. 2009 Sep; 36(9):2127.
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Failure to thrive in Chicago. Lancet. 2007 Jun 23; 369(9579):2132.
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Mycobacteria tuberculosis peritonitis associated with etanercept therapy. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2003 Jul-Aug; 21(4):526.
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A surgical revisitation of Pott distemper of the spine. Spine J. 2003 Mar-Apr; 3(2):130-45.
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Osteoarticular tuberculosis: current diagnosis and treatment. Am J Ther. 2000 Nov; 7(6):393-8.
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M. tuberculosis molecular variation in CNS infection: evidence for strain-dependent neurovirulence. Neurology. 1998 Jun; 50(6):1827-32.