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Requiring oxygen for the maintenance of life.
Aerobic
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Drugs used to treat infections caused by mycobacterium bacterial species
Antitubercular drugs
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A rod-shaped bacterium.
Bacillus
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Small nodular aggregations of inflammatory cells (e.g., macrophages, lymphocytes); usually characterized by clearly delimited boundaries, as found in tuberculosis.
Granulomas
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The primary and most commonly prescribed tuberculostatic drug
Isoniazid
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Tuberculosis that demonstrates resistance to two or more drugs
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
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An individual with a genetic defect that causes a deficiency in the enzyme needed to metabolize isoniazid, the most widely used tuberculosis
Slow acetylator
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The characteristic lesion of tuberculosis; a small round gray translucent granulomatous lesion, usually with a caseated
(cheesy) consistency in its interior. (see granuloma)
Tubercle
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Another common name for rod-shaped tuberculosis bacteria; essentially synonymous with Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Tubercle bacilli
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Any infectious disease caused by species of Mycobacterium, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis (adjectives: tuberculous, tubercular)
Tuberculosis (TB)
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