Geriatric TB
In recent years, tuberculosis in the elderly has been increasing, both at home and abroad. Because clinical manifestations and chest X-ray changes are often atypical, the misdiagnosis rate is high, and the effect of anti-tuberculosis treatment is often not as satisfactory as that of young people.
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Site of disease:
lung -
Infectious :
Contagious -
Frequent population:
Elderly population -
Related symptoms:
Cough sputum shortness of breath chest pain fever
Related Drugs
Ethambutol Hydrochloride Capsules
Indication: This product is suitable for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis and extrapulmonary tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis in combination with other anti-tuberculosis drugs, and can also be used to treat atypical Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.
Sodium p-aminosalicylate tablets
Indication: It is suitable for pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This product is only effective against mycobacteria. When used alone, Mycobacterium tuberculosis can quickly develop drug resistance to this product, so it must be used in combination with other anti-tuberculosis drugs. When streptomycin and isoniazid are used in combination with this product, it can delay the development of drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to the former two. This product is ineffective against atypical mycobacteria. It is mainly used as a second-line anti-tuberculosis drug.
Eprazone Hydrochloride Tablets
Indication: It is suitable for suppressing cough and removing phlegm for diseases such as acute and chronic bronchitis, asthma, pneumonia, tuberculosis, emphysema, etc.
Manufacturer:
Shanghai Hengshan Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Sodium p-aminosalicylate enteric-coated tablets
Indication: It is suitable for pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This product is only effective against mycobacteria. When used alone, Mycobacterium tuberculosis can quickly develop drug resistance to this product, so it must be used in combination with other anti-tuberculosis drugs. When streptomycin and isoniazid are used in combination with this product, it can delay the development of drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to the former two. This product is ineffective against atypical mycobacteria. It is mainly used as a second-line anti-tuberculosis drug.
Thiosemicarbazide tablets
Indication: It is used in combination with other anti-tuberculosis drugs for lymph node tuberculosis, mucosal tuberculosis (such as laryngeal tuberculosis, intestinal tuberculosis) and infiltrative pulmonary tuberculosis.
Manufacturer:
Beijing Jingfeng Pharmaceutical (Shandong) Co., Ltd.
Ethambutol Hydrochloride Tablets
Indication: It is suitable for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis in combination with other anti-tuberculosis drugs. It can also be used to treat tuberculous meningitis and atypical mycobacterial infections.
Manufacturer:
Harbin Pharmaceutical Group Pharmaceutical Factory No.6