"Ethambutol" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An antitubercular agent that inhibits the transfer of mycolic acids into the cell wall of the tubercle bacillus. It may also inhibit the synthesis of spermidine in mycobacteria. The action is usually bactericidal, and the drug can penetrate human cell membranes to exert its lethal effect. (From Smith and Reynard, Textbook of Pharmacology, 1992, p863)
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D004977
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MeSH Number(s) |
D02.092.782.258.368.265
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1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ethambutol" by people in Profiles.
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Czapka M, Shukla S, Slosar-Cheah M. Urine trouble: genitourinary tuberculosis and subsequent DRESS syndrome. BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Aug 07; 2017.
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Baek SH, Li AH, Sassetti CM. Metabolic regulation of mycobacterial growth and antibiotic sensitivity. PLoS Biol. 2011 May; 9(5):e1001065.
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Papavinasasundaram KG, Chan B, Chung JH, Colston MJ, Davis EO, Av-Gay Y. Deletion of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis pknH gene confers a higher bacillary load during the chronic phase of infection in BALB/c mice. J Bacteriol. 2005 Aug; 187(16):5751-60.
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Keiser P, Nassar N, Skiest D, Rademacher S, Smith JW. A retrospective study of the addition of ciprofloxacin to clarithromycin and ethambutol in the treatment of disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex infection. Int J STD AIDS. 1999 Dec; 10(12):791-4.