Why is isoniazid is prescribed for the latent Tb?!


Question: Why is isoniazid is prescribed for the latent Tb.?
If antibiotics work by attacking fast dividing bacteria then why in the case of latent TB (when bacteria are dormant) isoniazid is given to patients for 4-9 months.?Health Question & Answer


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T.B.bacilli grow at 4 speeds -fast slow and in between of these two ---speeds--- the fast ones are looked after-by rifamycin---and other slow SPEED growing ones are attacked isoniazid and ethambutal following this the futher slow growing ones tackled by pyrizinamide Health Question & Answer



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