pasiniazid
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Noun
[edit]pasiniazid (uncountable)
- (medicine) The drug 4-amino-2-hydroxybenzoic acid;pyridine-4-carbohydrazide used to treat TB and leprosy
- 2015 August 6, Xiaobo Luo et al., “The efficacy of negative pressure wound therapy in treating sacroiliac joint tuberculosis with a chronic sinus tract: a case series”, in Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research[1], volume 10, :
- Of the six positive tuberculosis cultures, 33.3 % (2/6) were resistant to isoniazid, 33.3 % (2/6) to rifampicin, 16.7 % (1/6) to streptomycin, 16.7 % (1/6) to pasiniazid, and 16.7 % (1/6) were resistant to rifapentine.