Antitubercular Agents

**Definition:** Drugs used in the treatment of tuberculosis. They are divided into two main classes: first-line agents, those with the greatest efficacy and acceptable degrees of toxicity used successfully in the great majority of cases; and second-line drugs used in drug-resistant cases or those in which some other patient-related condition has compromised the effectiveness of primary therapy.

**Tree numbers:** - D27.505.954.122.085.255

**Synonyms:** - Anti-Tuberculosis Agent - Anti-Tuberculosis Agents - Anti-Tuberculosis Drug - Anti-Tuberculosis Drugs - Antitubercular Agent - Antitubercular Drug - Antitubercular Drugs - Antituberculars - Tuberculostatic Agent - Tuberculostatic Agents