Recent news on Isoniazid

TB that developed resistance to every drug kills two in Italy  -  May 21, 2007
Aidsmap,This definition was revised in late 2006 to describe cases that involve resistance to isoniazid and rifampicin, as well as any drug from the flouroquinolone

XDR-TB a Serious Threat to India  -  May 22, 2007
MedIndia,MDR-TB (multi-drug resistant TB) describes strains of tuberculosis that are resistant to at least the two first-line TB drugs, isoniazid and rifampicin.

People may catch TB from cows  -  May 23, 2007
Nigerian Tribune,These are isoniazid and pyrazinamide. “So you see a situation you treat and treat the patient only to find that the person is not getting better,

Genetic Tests May Help Improve Patients' Response To Tuberculosis ...  -  May 12, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Isoniazid is an important, commonly used and relatively inexpensive first-line TB drug. It is metabolized in the liver at different speeds in different

Craig Lennox Our GP expert will answer your questions every week ...  -  May 14, 2007
Glasgow Daily Record,It is not recommended to take paracetamol if you are on the antibiotic isoniazid as it may cause liver damage. Q HOW can I avoid continually getting boils

New TB strain not a threat to Botswana  -  Apr 27, 2007
Republic of Botswana,We have the Isoniazid Preventive Therapy (IPT) Programme, which is a World Health Organisation programme in place to help fight TB, he said.

PAEDIATRIC TB  -  May 7, 2007
Press Information Bureau (press release),...positive TB cases are screened for TB and after excluding active tuberculosis are offered chemoprophylaxis using Isoniazid (INH) 5mg/kg body weight.

Drug resistant TB a growing problem in India  -  May 22, 2007
Andhra Cafe,MDR-TB (multi-drug resistant TB) describes strains of tuberculosis that are resistant to at least the two first-line TB drugs, isoniazid and rifampicin.

TB prevention a tough sell for miners in Gates-funded project  -  May 21, 2007
Dallas Morning News (subscription),Project Thibela aims to distribute the anti-TB medicine isoniazid to 68000 gold miners who live in mine hostels far from their homes and are one of the

drug-resistant TB spreading in India  -  May 21, 2007
Deccan Herald,...threat from multi-drug-resistant TB, MDR-TB, strains of tuberculosis resistant to at least the two first-line drugs, isoniazid and rifampicin.

Tuberculous Epididymo-orchitis After Intravesical BCG Therapy for ...  -  Apr 25, 2007
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (subscription)Treatment of complications after BCG instillation ranges from isoniazid alone to a combination of isoniazid, rifampin, and prednisone associated with a

New hope for TB with nano drug delivery  -  May 2, 2007
BiopharmaReporter.com,The team has successfully managed to encapsulate TB drugs isoniazid, rifampicin and pyrazinamide, with optimisation of ethambutol encapsulation currently

Zalcitabine Syrup (Zalcitabine capsule) Information  -  May 17, 2007
American Chronicle,Chloramphenicol, cisplatin, dapsone, disulfiram, ethionamide, glutethimide, gold, hydralazine, iodoquinol, isoniazid, metronidazole, nitrofurantoin,

South Africa: Country Steps up Efforts to Treat Extreme TB Strains  -  May 8, 2007
AllAfrica.com,...by the WHO as containing strains of tuberculosis that are resistant to at least the two main first-line TB drugs, namely isoniazid and rifampicin.

Sequella Lead Drug SQ109 Completes Phase 1a Trial  -  May 4, 2007
PipelineReview.com (press release),SQ109 also enhances, both in vitro and in vivo, the activity of the two front-line antitubercular drugs isoniazid and rifampin. Sequella plans to conduct an

Virulent new Tuberculosis strain raising fears of pandemic  -  May 4, 2007
Budapest Business Journal,By the 1980s, doctors had begun to notice that some patients were resistant to these first-line drugs, particularly the two most potent ones, isoniazid and

Tuberculous Epididymo-orchitis After Intravesical BCG Therapy for ...  -  Apr 25, 2007
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (subscription)Treatment of complications after BCG instillation ranges from isoniazid alone to a combination of isoniazid, rifampin, and prednisone associated with a

Dr Joseph Matare - HIV/AIDS Medical Officer - Namibia  -  Apr 23, 2007
ZimDaily,The potential problem is that the TB germs will develop resistance to the Isoniazid, a key backbone of the TB treatment. However, a thorough history and

Trends in Tuberculosis Incidence—United States, 2006  -  Apr 24, 2007
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),...#Defined as a case of TB in a person with a Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolate resistant to at least isoniazid and rifampicin.

Oxford Immunotec - Study results support use of T-SPOT.TB to ...  -  Apr 2, 2007
Oxfordshire Bioscience Network (press release),The vast majority (96%) of patients received a 6 month course of Isoniazid with the remaining 4% receiving alternate treatments including a combination of

Patient Adherence An Essential Factor For Successful Tuberculosis ...  -  Apr 1, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),...(2)The standard treatment recommended here lasts 8 months: a 2-month phase to attack the disease by combining rifampicin, isoniazid, pyrazinamid and

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A nurse's cough turns into a public health crisis  -  Apr 3, 2007
Village Voice,..."Taking Isoniazid every day for nine months is a big pain," explains Neil Schluger, an epidemiology professor at Columbia University's Mailman School of

Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (Xdr-Tb): The Facts  -  Mar 29, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),MDR-TB is due to bacteria that are resistant to at least isoniazid and rifampicin, the two most powerful first-line anti-TB drugs. XDR-TB is due to bacteria

When's it OK to lock patients up?  -  Apr 7, 2007
National Review of Medicine,It describes patients who have become resistant to the basic TB drug combination rifampicin and isoniazid as well as at least three of the six second-line

WHO to help SA fight deadly new TB strain  -  Apr 4, 2007
Business Day,Strains of MDR-TB are resistant to the two most potent first-line anti-TB drugs isoniazid and rifampicin, which usually are taken for just six months.

TB Returns to Europe  -  Mar 28, 2007
Wall Street Journal (subscription),...in the Baltic states have MDR-TB, which means the bacteria are resistant to the two most potent "first-line" TB drugs (isoniazid and rifampicin).

WHO gives TB fight a boost  -  Mar 28, 2007
Joy Online,There is also a fixed-dose combination - ethambutol + isoniazid - which is the first product combining these two basic medicines to be pre-qualified.

Africa: US Increases Funds for Combating Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis  -  27 Mar 2007
AllAfrica.com,TB that is not resistant to drugs can be treated with six months to nine months of doses of the most effective, or first-line, drugs, like isoniazid and

US Tuberculosis Cases at All-Time Low  -  Mar 24, 2007
SpiritIndia,Multidrug resistant TB (MDR TB) is TB that is resistant to at least two first line therapies – isoniazid and rifampin. Extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR

WHO approves India-made new TB drugs  -  Mar 25, 2007
Chennai Online,There is also a fixed-dose combination, Ethambutol Isoniazid, which is the first product combining these two basic medicines to be pre-qualified.

South Africa: Acute Burden of Active TB in HIV-Positive Kids  -  Mar 23, 2007
AllAfrica.com,The aim of the study is to investigate the possibility of preventing primary tuberculosis by giving all the babies Isoniazid (INH), one of two first-line

US Tuberculosis Cases at All-Time Low  -  Mar 23, 2007
eMaxHealth.com,Multidrug resistant TB (MDR TB) is TB that is resistant to at least two first line therapies – isoniazid and rifampin. Extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR

Global TB rate stabilizes, XDR-TB remains high - WHO  -  Mar 23, 2007
The Money Times,Multidrug resistant TB (MDR TB) is a form of TB that is resistant to at least two first line therapies – isoniazid and rifampin, while extensively

Four TB drugs added to WHO's list of prequalified medicines  -  Mar 23, 2007
People's Daily Online,There is also a fixed-dose combination of ethambutol and isoniazid, which is the first product combining these two basic medicines to be prequalified.

Strong TB is causing concern  -  Mar 23, 2007
Detroit Free Press,For more than a decade, health officials have worried about multidrug-resistant TB, which can withstand the mainline antibiotics isoniazid and rifampin.

TB is on the decline in Cuyahoga County  -  Mar 23, 2007
Cleveland Plain Dealer,Also troubling health officials is the increase of a strain of TB that is resistant to both the first and second lines of antibiotics - isoniazid and

TB Cases Down Across US  -  Mar 22, 2007
Dog Flu Diet and Diseases,Drugs to treat TB include isoniazid and rifampin however the new drug resistent strain of the disease proves to bypass the effectiveness of these drugs,

TB drug resistance ‘becoming a major threat’  -  Mar 23, 2007
Gulf Times,But what we must be virtually paranoid about is the multi-drug resistant tuberculosis that is resistant to the powerful anti-TB drugs- isoniazid and

UN HEALTH AGENCY ADDS 4 TB DRUGS TO PRE-QUALIFIED LIST, EASING ...  -  Mar 23, 2007
Harold Doan and Associates (press release),There is also a fixed-dose combination, ethambutol + isoniazid, which is the first product combining these two basic medicines to be pre-qualified.

TB Incidence Rate Drops in US, But Decline Slows  -  Mar 23, 2007
MedPage Today,At least isoniazid (Rifadin) and rifampin (Nydrazid), among first-line drugs. And at least one of the second-line injectable drugs, amikacin (Amikin),

Country Urged to Beef Up Action On Tuberculosis  -  Mar 23, 2007
AllAfrica.com,XDR-TB is defined as TB caused by strains of bacteria resistant to the two most important first-line drugs, isoniazid and rifampicin, as well as resistance

TB Declines in Mainland USA, but Remains High for Hawaii  -  Mar 23, 2007
Hawaii Health Guide,Nearly 16% of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) isolates from Hawaii are resistant to isoniazid (INH) or rifampin and 5% are resistant to both drugs.

US TB cases at an all-time low  -  Mar 22, 2007
Centre Daily Times,For more than a decade, health officials have worried about "multidrug-resistant" TB, which can withstand the mainline antibiotics isoniazid and rifampin.

US TB cases at an all-time low  -  Mar 22, 2007
Hemscott,For more than a decade, health officials have worried about 'multidrug-resistant' TB, which can withstand the mainline antibiotics isoniazid and rifampin.

Improved TB screening urged  -  Mar 22, 2007
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription),...labs worldwide were resistant to the two main drugs, isoniazid and rifampin, used to treat TB, earning them the label "multi-drug resistant" or MDR-TB.

Decentralisation of care could improve adherence to TB treatment ...  -  Mar 22, 2007
Aidsmap,All new TB cases are treated daily with a two-month short-course of chemotherapy comprising of rifampicin, isoniazid, and pyrazinamide (RHZ) plus ethambutol

The Doctor's World Rise of a Deadly TB Reveals a Global System in ...  -  Mar 19, 2007
New York Times,XDR-TB is defined as tuberculosis that is resistant to the two most important antituberculosis drugs (isoniazid and rifampin), along with two other drugs: a

Failings of Global Effort Seen In South Africa TB Outbreak  -  Mar 19, 2007
The MIT Tech,XDR-TB is defined as tuberculosis that is resistant to the two most important anti-tuberculosis drugs (isoniazid and rifampin), along with two other drugs:

"UP, TN, Delhi children more vulnerable to TB"  -  Mar 15, 2007
Hindu,...household contacts of smear positive TB cases are screened for TB and after excluding active Tuberculosis are offered chemoprophylaxis using Isoniazid.

Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Delhi Children More Vulnerable To TB  -  Mar 15, 2007
Bernama,...household contacts of smear positive TB cases are screened for TB and after excluding active tuberculosis are offered chemoprophylaxis using Isoniazid.

Children in TN more vulnerable to TB  -  Mar 14, 2007
Chennai Online,...household contacts of smear positive TB cases are screened for TB and after excluding active tuberculosis are offered chemoprophylaxis using Isoniazid.

TB the silent killer - VI  -  Mar 9, 2007
Financial Express.bd,They will give infected people a medicine called isoniazid (INH) to prevent active disease. This medicine is given every day for 6 to 12 months.

CROI: Ugandan study confirms low CD4 count, low body weight, TB ...  -  Feb 28, 2007
Aidsmap,Beginning isoniazid prophylaxis before or perhaps when going on ART could also reduce the risk of deaths associated with tuberculosis.

Majority of South Africans with HIV have drug resistant TB  -  Feb 27, 2007
News-Medical.net,XDR-TB is resistant to the two most potent first-line treatments isoniazid (Nydrazid) and rifampin (Rifadin) and also to some of the available second-line

CROI: Presence of XDR-TB Worldwide Grows More Common  -  Feb 26, 2007
MedPage Today,So-called multidrug resistant TB (MDR-TB) is defined by the WHO as tuberculosis that is resistant to the two first-line drugs, isoniazid (Nydrazid) and

CROI: Urgent action needed to avert `catastrophic` drug-resistant ...  -  Feb 25, 2007
Aidsmap,...resistant to isoniazid, rifampicin, all the fluoroquinolone TB drugs and at least one of the injectable drugs used to treat multi-drug resistant TB.

TB major cause for concern  -  Feb 19, 2007
Lucknow Newsline,Along with MDR, there are cases of extended drug resistance (XDR), ie, resistance against most commonly used drugs like Isoniazid, Rifampin etc.

Transmitted TB Resistance High In Shanghai  -  Feb 21, 2007
MedPage Today,Disturbingly, a quarter of the resistant strains were multidrug resistant (MDR), defined as being resistant to both rifampin (Rifadin) and isoniazid

Country Prepared to Prevent Spread of XDR-TB  -  Feb 9, 2007
AllAfrica.com,...and the term describes strains of tuberculosis that are resistant to at least the two main first-line TB drugs - isoniazid and rifampicin.

Brief Report: Latent Tuberculosis Infection Among Sailors and ...  -  Feb 13, 2007
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),4 However, 139 (3%) sailors had new positive TST results (indicating LTBI); all began isoniazid treatment for LTBI. A total of 123 (88%) sailors had TST

Killer TB strikes CT  -  Feb 20, 2007
Health24.com,The current definition of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) is when bacteria become resistant to at least two first-line therapies - the drugs isoniazid and

Experts Urge Strongest Isolation For New Drug-Resistant ...  -  Jan 28, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Among the 221 cases, 53 were extensively drug resistant - ie resistant to rifampicin and isoniazid and to three or more of the six potential second line

North Auburn woman infected with tuberculosis, youth test positive  -  Feb 13, 2007
Auburn Journal,The latent form of TB is not contagious and also treated with about a nine-month regimen of the antibiotic Isoniazid. Tuberculosis is relatively rare in

Gates Grant Funds Global Tuberculosis Database Development at Stanford  -  Feb 13, 2007
Infection Control Today,The drug most commonly used to treat latent TB is isoniazid, which must be taken daily for nine months and has potentially serious side effects,

Tuberculosis is no more a disease only for the poor  -  Feb 13, 2007
The Brunei Times,Those diagnosed with the disease usually are given a combination of three to four drugs like isoniazid (INH), rifampicin, ethambutol, pyrazinamide or

Tuberculosis experts try to assuage fears  -  Feb 12, 2007
Pocono Record,Latent tuberculosis can be treated with a nine-month course of an antibiotic called Isoniazid. About 6 percent of latent cases in Pennsylvania in 2005 were

Vitamin B6: immunity star, or not?  -  Feb 5, 2007
Health24.com,Certain medications can deplete the body of vitamin B6, particularly the anti-TB drug isoniazid, penicillamine which is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis,

Can anything stop the superbug?  -  Jan 17, 2007
Guardian Unlimited,The germ had evolved to overcome the two most powerful antibiotics used to treat it, isoniazid and rifampicin. Confirmation of the seriousness of the

Tuberculosis Bacillus Hides From The Immune System In Its Host's ...  -  Dec 27, 2006
Medical News Today (press release),The bacterium is protected in this cellular environment, to which the natural immune defences have little access, and is inaccessible to isoniazid,

Drug resistance major hurdle in treating TB  -  Dec 24, 2006
Times of India,In case of normal TB, four drugs are advised Isoniazid, Rifampicin, Ethambutol and Streptomycin. "To treat MDR tuberculosis, two to three more drugs are

World made aware of XDR-TB  -  Dec 20, 2006
Independent Online,In March the CDC and the World Health Organisation (WHO) agreed to define XDR-TB as TB which was resistant to the first-line defence drugs isoniazid and

Drug-resistant TB definition updated  -  Dec 22, 2006
Citizen,...“Accordingly, the new agreed-upon definition of XDR-TB is the occurrence of TB in persons whose M tuberculosis isolates are resistant to isoniazid and

New TB bacteria resistant to many drugs  -  Dec 26, 2006
The Daily Yomiuri,According to the WHO, TB resistant to two types of drugs, including isoniazid, the first-line drug used to treat tuberculosis,

Is Ireland at increased risk of a TB epidemic?  -  Jan 12, 2007
Irish Medical News,There were three cases of MDR-TB and three that were mono-resistant to isoniazid (first line TB medication). Five of the six resistant cases, including two

New Diagnostics Help Fight Tuberculosis - FIND And Hain ...  -  Jan 14, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),In the case of MDR-TB, the TB-bacilli are resistant to rifampicin and isoniazid, two of the most important drugs used to treat TB. XDR-TB organisms are also

'Nurses are unwitting tuberculosis carriers'  -  Dec 30, 2006
Independent Online,...can lead to multi-drug resistant tuberculosis which is defined as resistant to the two most powerful anti-tuberculosis drugs, Isoniazid and Rifampicin.

Multi-Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Epidemic May Be Larger Than ...  -  Dec 20, 2006
Medical News Today (press release),MDR-TB is defined as resistance to at least the two most potent anti-TB drugs, isoniazid and rifampicin. In 1994, the Global Project on Anti-Tuberculosis

TB-related immune reaction to HIV therapy occurs 20 months after ...  -  Dec 20, 2006
Aidsmap,Standard first-line tuberculosis therapy, consisting of rifampicin, isoniazid, ethambutol, and pyrazinamide was commenced. For the next six months, however,

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