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Bookmark or Share- Tuberculin (intradermal route) - Mayo ClinicTuberculin purified protein derivative (PPD) is used in a skin test to help diagnose tuberculosis (TB) infection in persons at increased risk of developing active disease. Tuberculin skin test is done by injecting tuberculin PPD into the surface layer of the skin.
- Rifampin (oral route) - Mayo ClinicRifampin is used together with other medicines to treat tuberculosis (TB) in many different parts of the body. It is also used by patients who have a meningitis bacteria in their nose or throat who do not show symptoms of the infection to prevent the spread of the bacteria to other patients.
- Isoniazid (oral route, intramuscular route) - Mayo ClinicIsoniazid is used to treat tuberculosis (TB) or prevent its return (reactivation). It may be given alone, or in combination with other medicines, to treat TB or to prevent its return (reactivation). This medicine may also be used for other problems as determined by your doctor.
- Tuberculosis - Diagnosis & treatment - Mayo ClinicMost common TB drugs. If you have a latent TB infection, you might need to take only one or two types of drugs. Active TB disease requires taking several drugs. Common medications used to treat tuberculosis include: Isoniazid. Rifampin (Rimactane). Rifabutin (Mycobutin). Rifapentine (Priftin). Pyrazinamide. Ethambutol (Myambutol).
- Tuberculosis - Symptoms & causes - Mayo ClinicDrug-resistant TB. Some forms of the TB bacteria have become drug resistant. This means that drugs that once cured the disease no longer work. This happens, in part, because of naturally occurring genetic changes in bacteria.
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