antituberculosis drug

antituberculosis drug

Infectious disease Any drug–eg, isoniazid, rifampin, ethambutol, streptomycin, pyrazinamide, ethionamide, para-aminosalicylic acid, kanamycin, cycloserine, capreomycin, ciprofloxacin, amikacin, used to manage TB; multidrug-resistant isolates of M tuberculosis are most often resistant to isoniazid and rifampin. See Drug-resistant tuberculosis.