Flu like syptoms is side effect of which anti TB drug ?: (A) INH, (B) Rifampicin, (C) Pyrzinamide, (D) Streptomycin
Answer is B. 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