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Definitions
- Antibiotic resistance
- Bird flu
- Climate change & insect-borne disease
- Genomics
- Malaria
- Nanotechnology for health
- Tuberculosis
List of terms for Tuberculosis
P
Para-amino salicylic acid (PAS)
One of the earliest anti-tuberculosis drugs, it is still occasionally used for treating multi-drug resistant strains of the disease.
Post-primary TB
Tuberculosis that only appears after a period of latency — usually 3 or more years after the initial infection.
Preventive therapy
Anti-tuberculosis drugs given to a person with latent tuberculosis, to prevent the development of the active disease.
Primary complex TB
The initial site of tuberculosis infection — usually in the lungs and adjacent lymph nodes.
Primary TB
Active tuberculosis following initial infection by mycobacteria.
Pyrazinamide
One of the first-line anti-tuberculosis drugs.
Pyridoxine
Vitamin B6; this is often prescribed with isoniazid to prevent certain side effects on the nervous system.
