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- noun medicine A
bacteriostatic drug, pyrazine-2-carboxamide, used to treattuberculosis
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Examples
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He said scientists have long known that pyrazinamide, by itself, does not destroy the active TB bacterium.
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With their improved understanding of how pyrazinamide actually works at the molecular level, Barry said scientists will be able to design a more potent form of the drug that could shorten the duration of TB treatment from six months to just two.
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He said scientists have long known that pyrazinamide, by itself, does not destroy the active TB bacterium.
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The drug "pyrazinamide" is widely used in combination with other drugs to treat active tuberculosis infections.
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With their improved understanding of how pyrazinamide actually works at the molecular level, Barry said scientists will be able to design a more potent form of the drug that could shorten the duration of TB treatment from six months to just two.
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The drug "pyrazinamide" is widely used in combination with other drugs to treat active tuberculosis infections.
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“A combination of isoniazid, rifampin, pyrazinamide, streptomycin and ethambutol,” Packard told him.
THE PROMISED WAR Thomas Greanias 2010
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Second, once identified, people with TB are treated with one or more antibiotics that are effective against the bacteria: specifically, isoniazid (or INH), rifampin, ethambutal or pyrazinamide.
Tuberculosis Vaccine 2008
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Six months of treatment with several antitubercular drugs (isoniazid, rifampin and pyrazinamide are the most common) costs under $300 and will almost always cure TB.
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The most common anti-TB drugs are isoniazid, rifampicin, pyrazinamide, streptomycin and ethambutol.
Chapter 5 2000
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