"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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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 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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Discovery and Biosynthesis of Persiathiacins: Unusual Polyglycosylated Thiopeptides Active Against Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis. ACS Infect Dis. 2024 Sep 13; 10(9):3378-3391.
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Possible role for acetylcysteine as a treatment for acute liver failure secondary to antitubercular medication use. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2020 09 04; 77(18):1482-1487.
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Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) secondary to miliary tuberculosis. Indian J Tuberc. 2020 Jul; 67(3):366-370.
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Pharmacokinetics of Ethionamide Delivered in Spray-Dried Microparticles to the Lungs of Guinea Pigs. J Pharm Sci. 2017 01; 106(1):331-337.
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Macronutrient intake and body composition changes during anti-tuberculosis therapy in adults. Clin Nutr. 2016 Feb; 35(1):205-212.
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Liquid chromatographic determination of CPZEN-45, a novel anti-tubercular drug, in biological samples. J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2014 Jan; 88:370-6.
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Analysis of changing paradigms of management in 179 patients with spinal tuberculosis over a 12-year period and proposal of a new management algorithm. World Neurosurg. 2013 Jul-Aug; 80(1-2):190-203.
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Pharmaceutical aerosols for the treatment and prevention of tuberculosis. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2012; 2:118.
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Pharmacokinetics of sequential doses of capreomycin powder for inhalation in guinea pigs. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2012 May; 56(5):2612-8.
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Isoxyl assays in plasma. J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2012 Feb 23; 60:1-6.