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Description

Thioacetazone(INN and BAN) is also called thiocetazone, thiacetazone, thiosemicarbazone, benzothiozane or amithiozone(USAN); abbreviated T.

Thioacetazone is used in the treatment of tuberculosis; it has only weak activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is only useful in preventing resistance to more powerful drugs like isoniazid and rifampicin. It is never used on its own to treat tuberculosis; it is used in a similar way to ethambutol. Thioacetazone is the only anti-TB drug that is ineffective when given intermittently.

There is no advantage to using thioacetazone if the regimen used already contains ethambutol, but many countries in sub-Saharan Africa still use thioacetazone because it is extremely cheap. Use of thioacetazone is declining because it can cause severe (sometimes fatal) skin reactions in HIV positive patients Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Thioacetazone

Basic Part Properties

Part Display Name
Thiacetazone
Part Type
Component (Describes the core component or analyte measured)
Created On
2002-08-06
Construct for LOINC Short Name
Thiacetazone

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Language Variants Get Info

Tag Language Translation
zh-CN Chinese (China) 氨硫脲
Synonyms: 安痨息;对乙酰胺基亚苄基缩氨基硫脲;氨硫尿;硫脲胺
fr-CA French (Canada) Thiacétazone
et-EE Estonian (Estonia) Tiatseetasoon
es-ES Spanish (Spain) Tiacetona
it-IT Italian (Italy) Tiacetazone
tr-TR Turkish (Turkey) Tiyasetazon
ru-RU Russian (Russian Federation) Тиацетазон
nl-NL Dutch (Netherlands) thiacetazon
fr-BE French (Belgium) Thiacétazone