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Pharm D- Clinical Pharmacy Program Third Level Pharmaceutical Microbiology& Antimicrobials (PM 502)
Anti-tuberculous Agents
o Agents commonly used to treat mycobacterial infections include isoniazid,
rifampin, pyrazinamide, ethambutol, and Streptomycin.
➢ Isoniazid
➢ Pyrazinamide ▪ Target an enzyme essential for
➢ Ethambutol the synthesis of mycolic acid.
Dapsone
➢ It is a sulfa drug, structure is related to that of sulfamethoxazole, acts by
the same mechanism
➢ an antibacterial agent is limited to the treatment of leprosy, which is
caused by Mycobacterium leprae
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