Treatment for active tuberculosis includes:
1. long-term treatment with more than one drug.
2. the need to develop drug-resistant organisms.
3. chemoprophylaxis with bacteriostatic medications.
4. chemotherapy in patients at high risk for developing infection.
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Antitubercular drugs are classified as primary or secondary agents to describe the way they are used in treating tuberculosis. The combination of drugs helps to slow the development of bac-terial resistance.
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