The Department of Health (DOH) has expressed alarm over the shortage of anti-tuberculosis drugs, saying the existing supply ...

Rifampicin is an antibiotic. It is used in the treatment of tuberculosis and leprosy. Brand Names: R-Cin, Montomycin, Monocin ...

Nigeria, in collaboration with the Lagos State TB Control Programme, has organised a three-day training for journalists to ...

Hyderabad: Patients of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in the state will soon get a new regimen, which is expected to bring ...

The WHO says that 490,000 people have multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), when bacteria do not respond to the two most powerful first-line anti-TB drugs, isoniazid and rifampicin.

Brucellosis is a global public health concern and occurs mainly in young adults and the elderly, with children having a lower incidence, thus often leading to delayed treatment. This study aimed to ...

Injectable cabotegravir and rilpivirine should not be used with: the anticonvulsants carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine, phenobarbital, phenytoin the antimycobacterials rifabutin, rifampicin, rifapentine ...

Caution with drugs that interfere with biliary excretion, glucuronidation, or intestinal beta-glucuronidase (eg, probenecid, cholestyramine, erythromycin, rifampicin, ampicillin, chloramphenicol ...

Conversely, when activity of CYP3A4 is stimulated by rifampicin, cinacalcet dose should be increased. When metabolism of cinacalcet in the liver by CYP1A2 is inhibited by fluvoxamine and ...

Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a major public health challenge in India, which bears the world’s highest burden of the ...

The deployment of Truenat led to an increase in the TB case detection rate, with the proportion of TB-positive cases rising ...

Dodie’s six-year-old daughter frequently suffered from lung infections and struggled to maintain a healthy weight. As a registered nurse, Dodie was understandably concerned, but since her daughter ...