Flu like syptoms is side effect of which anti TB drug ?
Correct Answer: Rifampicin
Description: Rifampicin USES : PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. LEPROSY (HENSEN&;S DISEASE) . SERIOUS STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS, SUCH AS OSTEOMYELITIS, PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS. TO EXAMINE THE MENINGOCOCCAL CARRIAGE & STAPHYLOCOCCAL CARRIAGE. AS PROPHYLAXIS IN CONTACTS OF CHILDREN WITH HAEMOPHILUS. IT WORKS AGAINST Mycobactrium kansasii. IT IS USEFUL AGAINST VERITY OF SERIOUS INFECTIONS. IT HAS BACTERICIDAL ACTION AGAINST GRAM&;S POSITIVE BACTERIAL PATHOGENS. IT IS EFFECTIVE AGAINST INTRACELLULAR INFECTIONS. RIFAMPICIN COMBINED WITH ERYTHROMYCIN IN THE TREATMENT OF Rhodococcus infections REF : katzung pharmacology : 14th ed
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