MDR Tuberculosis:

Terms Related to MDR Tuberculosis

• Central Nervous System Tuberculosis

  Tuberculosis of the brain, spinal cord, or meninges (TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL), most often caused by MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS and rarely by MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS. The infection may be ...

• Antitubercular Antibiotics

  Substances obtained from various species of microorganisms that are, alone or in combination with other agents, of use in treating various forms of tuberculosis; most ...

• Urogenital Tuberculosis

  A general term for tuberculosis of the urinary and/or genital systems or urinary organs other than the kidney, which is TUBERCULOSIS, RENAL.

• Antitubercular Agents

  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 ...

• Spinal Tuberculosis

  Osteitis or caries of the vertebrae, usually occurring as a complication of tuberculosis of the lungs.

• PPD-S

  A protein extracted from boiled culture of tubercle bacilli (MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS). It is used in the tuberculin skin test (TUBERCULIN TEST) for the diagnosis of ...