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Mycobactreria Flashcards

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Leprosy is also called

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Hansen disease

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Leprosy (Hansen disease) is caused by

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Mycobacterium leprae

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Mycobacterium leprae - stracture

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acid-fast bacillus

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Mycobacterium leprae - reservoir in US

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amradilos

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Mycobacterium leprae - area of infection

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it likes cool temperatures (infect skin and superficial nerves - glove and stocking loss of sensation

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Mycobacterium leprae - in vitro

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cannot grow

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Leprosy (Hansen disease) - how many forms and which

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  1. Lepromatous

2. Tuberciloid

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Leprosy (Hansen disease) - lepromatous form - clinical manifestation

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presents diffusely over the skin, with leonine (lion-like) facies, and is communicable

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Leprosy (Hansen disease) - lepromatous form - immune system

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low cell-mediated immunity with humoral Th2 response

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Leprosy (Hansen disease) - Tuberciloid form - clinical manifestation

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limited to few hypoesthetic. hairless skin plaques

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Leprosy (Hansen disease) - Tuberciloid form - immune system

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high cell-mediated immunity with a largely Th1 type response response

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Leprosy (Hansen disease) - Treatment

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dapsone with rifampin for tuberciloid dorm

clofazimin is added n lepromatous form

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primary tuberculosis is caused by

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infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis of a Nonimmune host (usually host) (infection of previous unexposed individual)

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secondary tuberculosis is caused by

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  1. reinfection (infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis of a partially immune hypersensitized host - usually adult)
  2. Reactivation due to immunosuppression
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primary tuberculosis - lesion

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Ghon complex: Hilar nodes + Ghon focus (calcified TB granuloma forming a nodule) usually in lower to middle lung

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secondary tuberculosis after reactivation - lesion

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fibrocaseous cavitary lesion (usually upper lobes)

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Primary tuberulosis may lead to

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  1. heals by fibrosis (immunity and hypersensitivity/PPD+)
  2. progressive lung disease (hiv/malnutrition)
  3. Miliary tuberulosis –> Death
  4. Preallergic lymphatic or hematogenous dissemination (dormant tubercle bacilli in several organs/reactivation in adult life)
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Extrapulmonary tuberculosis - sites?

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  1. CNS (parencymal tuberculoma or meningitis)
  2. Vertebral body (Pott disease)
  3. Lymphadenitis
  4. Renal
  5. GI
  6. Adrenals
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Reactivation of tuberculosis in the lung lead to

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  1. secodary tuberculosis fibrocaseous cavitary lesion (usually upper lobes)
  2. extrapulmonary tuberculosis
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TB - primary tuberculosis occurs most commonly in

TB - secondary tuberculosis occurs most commonly in

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1ry: children
2ry: adults

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priamry tuberculosis - next step (and proportions)

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  1. healing by fibrosis calcification (more than 90%)

2. Progressive 1ry tuberculosis esp on AIDS, malnutrition (less than 10%

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Pott disease

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tb in vertebral body

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CNS TB?

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parencymal tuberculoma or meningitis

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TB - PDD positive if

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  1. current infection or past exposure

2. false positive with BCG vaccination (further workup required)

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TB - PDD negative if

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  1. no infection
  2. anergic (steroids, malnutrition, immunocompromised)
  3. sarcoidosis
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tests to diagnose TB

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  1. PPD

2. Interferon-γ release assays (IGRA)

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PPD vs Interferon-γ release assays (IGRA)

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IGRA has fewer false positives from BCG vaccination

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Mycobacteria - bugs?

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  1. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  2. Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare
  3. Mycobacterium scrofulaceum
  4. Mycobacterium marinum
  5. Mycobacterium leprae
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis - clinical manifestation

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TB - fever, night sweats, weight loss, cough (non-productive or productive), hemoptysis

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TB - cough - non-productive or productive?

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both

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Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare - causes

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disseminated non-TB disease in AIDS

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Mycobacterium avium-intracellularee - prophylaxis

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azithromycin when CD+ cound under 50

or rifabutin

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Mycobacterium scrofulaceum causes

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cervical lymphadenitis in children

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Mycobacterium marinum causes

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hand infection in aquarium handlers

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Cord factor is found in

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the cell wall of Mycobacterium (in virulent stains) –> creates a “serpentine cord” appearance in virulent M. tuberculosis

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Cord factor - function

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inhibits macrphage maturation and induces releases of TNF-α

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Mycobacterium - Sulfatides?

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surface glycolipids inhibit phagolysosomal fusion

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Mycobacteria - bugs and diseases

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  1. Mycobacterium tuberculosis –> TB
  2. Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare –> disseminated non-TB disease in AIDS
  3. Mycobacterium scrofulaceum –> cervical lymphadenitis in children
  4. Mycobacterium marinum –> hand infection in aquarium handlers
  5. Mycobacterium leprae –> Leprosy (Hansen disease)
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Ziehl-Neelsen (carbol fuschin) stains

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Acid-Fast bacteria (Nocardia, Mycobaceria) and protozoa (Cryptosporidium oocysts)

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mycobacteria - special characteristic of the structure (and clinical relevance)

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cell wall are high in mycolic acid - detected by carbolfuchin in acid-fast stain

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Special culture requirements - Mycobabterium Tuberculosis - media?

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Lowenstein-Jensen agar

42
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M. tuberculosis - prophylaxis and treatment

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prophylaxis: isoniziad
treatment: 1. rifampin 2. Isoniazid 3. Pyrazinamide 4. Ethambutol (RIPE)

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M. intracellulare-avium - prophylaxis and treatment

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prophylaxis: azithromycin, rifabutin
treatment: Azithromycin or clarithromycin + ethambutol
Can add rifabutin or ciprofroloxacin

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M leprae - prophylaxis and treatment

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prophylaxis: N/A
treatment: Long-term treatment with dapsone and rifampin for tubrrculoid form. Add clofazimine for Lepromatous form

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Antimycobacterial drugs - groups and drugs

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  1. Mycolic acid synthesis –> isoniazid
  2. Arabinoglycan synthesis (Arabinosyl tranferase) –> ethambutol
  3. mRNA synthesis (DNA-dependent RNA polymerase) –> Rifamycins (rifabutin, rifampin)
  4. Intracellular (unclear mechanism) –> pyrazinamide
  5. streptomycin
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mycobacterial cell is composed by - from outer to inner

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outer - acyl lipids, complex free lipids - mycolic acid - arabynogalactan - peptidoglycan - inner

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Rifamycins - drugs and mechanism of action

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Rifampin, rifabutin

inhibit DNA-dependent RNA polymerase

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Rifamycins - drugs and clinical use

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Rifampin, rifabutin

  1. Mycobacterium tuberculosis treatment
  2. Leprosy: delay resistance to dapsone
  3. Meningicoccal prophylaxis
  4. Chemoprophylaxis in contacts of children with H. influenzae type B
  5. Can add in M. Avium-intracellulare (rifabutin)
  6. M. Avium-intracellulare prophylaxis
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Rifamycins - action on leprosy

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delay resistance to dapsone

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Rifamycins - toxicity

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  1. Minor hepatotoxicity
  2. Drug interactions (increases cytochrome P-450) - esp rifampin
  3. orange body fluids (nonhazardous side effect)
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Rifamycins - drugs interaction by

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increases cytochrome P-450 - esp rifampin

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Rifamycins - HIV

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RIfabutin favored over rifampin in HIV patients due to LESS cytochrome P-450 stimulation

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Rifampin vs rifabutin according to side effects

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Rifampin increases P450 much more than Rifabutin

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Rifamycins - resistance

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mutation reduce drug binding to RNA polymerase

–> monotherapy leads to resistance

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Isonizid (INH) - mechanism of action / aka

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Bacterial catalase peroxidase (encoded by KatG) needed to convert Isonizid (INH) to active metabolite –> decreases synthesis of mycolic acid. aka: INH

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what is needed to convert Isonizid (INH) to active metabolite

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Bacterial catalase peroxidase (encoded by KatG)

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Isonizid (INH) - clinical use

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  1. Mycobaterium tuberculosis prophylaxis

2. Mycobaterium tuberculosis treatment

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Isonizid (INH) - resistance

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Mutation leading to underexpression of KatG (bacterial catalase peroxidase)

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bacterial catalase peroxidose is encoded by

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Isonizid (INH) - toxicity

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  1. hepatotoxicity
  2. P-450 inhibition
  3. drug induced SLE
  4. vitamin 6 - pyridoxine (B6) deficiency (–> peripheral neuropathy, siderblastic anemia)
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Isonizid (INH) - solution of toxicity

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vitamine 6 (Pyridoxine) can prevent neurotoxicity and anemia

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Isoniazid - half-lives

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different Isonizid (INH) half-lives in fast vs slow acetyators

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Pyrazinamide - mechanism

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mechanism uncertain
Pyrazinamide is a prodrug that is converted to tha active compound pyrazinoic acid
WORKS BEST at acidic ph (eg. in host phagolysosomes)

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Pyrazinamide - active compound

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pyrazinoic acid

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Pyrazinamide - clinical use

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treatment of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

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Pyrazinamide - toxicity

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  1. hyperuricemia

2. hepatotoxicity

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Ethambutol - mechanism of action

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decreases carbohydrate polymerization of mycobacterium cell wall by blocking arabinosyltranferase

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Ethambutol - clinical use

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  1. treatment of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

2. treatment of Mycobacterium acium-intracellulare

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Ethambutol - toxicity

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Optic neuropathy (red green color blindness)

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M. tuberculosis and M.avium-intracellulare - prophylaxis and prevention

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M. TUBERCULOSIS:
prophylaxis: isonizid
treatment: 1. rifampin 2. Isoniazid 3. Pyrazinamide 4. Ethambutol (RIPE)
M. avium-intracellulae
prophylaxis: azithromycin, rifabutin
treatment: Azithromycin or clarithromycin + ethambutol
Can add rifabutin or ciprofroloxacin

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M leprae - prophylaxis and treatment

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prophylaxis: N/A
treatment: Long-term treatment with dapsone and rifampin for tubrrculoid form. Add clofazimine for Lepromatous form

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TB - PDD positive if

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  1. current infection or past exposure

2. false positive with BCG vaccination (further workup required)

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TB - PDD negative if

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  1. no infection
  2. anergic (steroids, malnutrition, immunocompromised)
  3. sarcoidosis
74
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Streptomycin - mechanism of action

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inerferes with 30S compoment of ribosome

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Streptomycin - clinical use

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M. tuberculosis

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Streptomycin - adverse effects

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  1. Tinnitus
  2. Vertigo
  3. ataxia
  4. nephrotoxicity

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