Antituberculosis drug-induced hepatotoxicity(ATDIH)is a significant concern while managing pediatric tuberculosis.There is limited data on pediatric ATDIH,and much of the management practices are extrapolated from adu...
Hepatotoxicity induced by standard anti-tuberculosis drugs (isoniazid, rifampicin, pyrazinamide) can result in significant morbidity and, rarely, even mortality. This major adverse side-effect of anti-tuberculosis tre...
Background: Tuberculosis is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in humans worldwide. There is an urgent need for new and effective drugs to treat tuberculosis and shorten the duration of tuberculosis therapy. 1...
Drug-induced liver injury is the common adverse effect seen in patients receiving antituberculosis drugs (ATDs). There are several risk factors associated with the development of hepatotoxicity in such patients. Tho...
Background: Pyrazinamide (PZA) is one of the most important drugs for tuberculosis (TB) treatment, however, its susceptibility is not routinely tested. High-resolution melting (HRM) curve analysis has been widely used...
This study aimed to explore the influence of pyrazinamide (PZA) monoresistance on the treatment outcome of otherwise drug susceptible tuberculosis (TB). A cohort of 194 TB patients that were infected with strains susc...
OBjECTIVE:To observe the clinical effect on type 2diabetes mellitus(T2DM) complicated with pulmonary tuberculosis(TB) of insulin,isoniazid,rifampicin,pyrazinamide and ethambutol(conventional medication) administered t...
Supported by Luqman College of Pharmacy,Gulbarga,Karnataka,(Grant No-LCP/GC/09).
Objective:To assess the hepatoprotective effct of Ipomoea carnea(I.carrnea)extract against antitubercular drug-induced liver toxicity in experimental animals.Methods:I.carnea extracts(125,250 and 500 mg/kg,p.o.body we...
This study was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81060001 ) and the Foundation of Scientific & Technical Research Project of Jiangxi Province (No. 2009BSB11219).
Background Drug susceptibility assay is very important in tuberculosis therapy. Pyrazinamide is a first line antituberculosis drug and diagnosis of its resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) is d...
financially supported by Department of Science&Technology,Government of India,New Delhi(Grant no.GAP-274625)
Objective:To assess the hepatoprotective effect of Solanum xanthocarpum(S. xanthocarpum) fruit extract against antitubercular drug-induced liver toxicity in experimental animals.Methods:Ethanolic(50%) fruit extract of...