Anti-TB Flashcards
Category I Indication (3)
New PTB
New Miliary TB
New ETB (except CNS/ bones/ joints)
Category I Regimen
2HRZE
4HR
6 months total
Category Ia Indication (2)
CNS TB
TB bones/joints
Category Ia Regimen
2HRZE
10 HR
12 months total
Category II Indication (1)
Retreatment of Rif susceptible PTB & ETB (except CNS/bones/joints)
Category II Regimen
2HRZES
1HRZE
5HRE
8 months total; Mawawala muna si S tas si Z
Category IIa Regimen
2HRZES
1HRZE
9HRE
12 months total
Rifampicin (R) MOA
(-) RNA polymerase
Isoniazid (H) MOA
(-) enoyl reductase
(-) mycolic acid layer synthesis
Pyrazinamide (Z) MOA
Dec. pH -> disturb membrane transportation & permeability
(-) uptake of uracil, methionine, serine
Ethambutol (E) MOA
Arabo si Ethan na di pumapatay
(-) Arabinosyl-transferase
(-) Arabinogalactan layer
Streptomycin (S) MOA
(-) 30s
When giving this anti-TB drug, always give vitamin B complex (part. Vit. B6) to prevent peripheral neuropathy
Isoniazid
Isoniazid Mechanism of Resistance (MOR)
Mutation in KAtG gene
Rifampicin MOR
Mutation in rpoB gene (most common mutation in ant-tb)
Pyrazinamide MOR
Mutation in pncA gene