ethambutol hydrochloride

ethambutol hydrochloride
A tuberculostatic, effective against organisms resistant to other tuberculostatic drugs; a serious reaction is visual impairment which, however, appears to be reversible. Used in combination with other antitubercular drugs to delay or prevent emergence of resistant strains of the tuberculosis bacilli.

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(EMB) etham·bu·tol hy·dro·chlo·ride (EMB) (ə-thamґbu-tol) [USP] an antibacterial, specifically effective against Mycobacterium, including M. tuberculosis; used in conjunction with one or more other antituberculous drugs in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, administered orally.

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