Moxifloxacin in mdr tb
Common Questions and Answers about Moxifloxacin in mdr tb
avelox
Hi, TB infection latent or in early active stages in the lungs usually is only one lung and looks like a speckles of little densities. Treatment for latent TB the standard treatment is six to nine months of isoniazid(H) alone. 6-9H
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoniazid
The standard "short" course treatment for active TB is isoniazid, rifampicin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol for two months, then isoniazid and rifampicin alone for a further four months.
Hello,
my wife is undergoing TB treatment, but we have strong doubts that she has the TB. We are in Canada just to give you an idea about the medical procedures. After a routine x-ray, the physician saw a very minor dark spot in the lungs, which he said could be nothing, but sent us for a sputum test just in case. Our 1st sputum test got lost or contaminated, so they asked her to do the 2nd sputum test, and it came as TB positive. They cultured the sputum for 8 weeks, and it did grow into TB.
Tb was concluded and told to continue medicines for 9 months. I did complete the medicine course being always scared of MDR tb by googling on net, every 2 months doctors visit, multiple ct scan and xray. Doctors said an old scar is remaining and you are healed. Still I irritated the doctors by going there in every 3 month or so.
dear dkvini , i consider the reduction in the size of the lesion as a good sign , it may require full 6 month or longer therapy for lesion to reduce significantly , although you have not mentioned the biopsy report of the tumour , theraputic trial does sometimes consolidate the diagnosis in pt living in high prevalent zones for TB such as india , pakistan and african countries . tuberculoma is a pathology which needs surgery only in few exceptional circumstances .
I have tested negative for chlamydia, gonorrhoea, TB and mycloplasma. Symptoms first occured around 3 weeks after having unprotected sex with a female.
Symptoms:
Pain/stinging when urinating
Itchy / Inflamed tip of penis
Creamy white discharge from penis (NOT from under the foreskin but from the 'hole' especially in the mornings)
(No swollen lymph nodes, testicles are not swollen or painful)
Treatment failures so far (in order)
1. Doxycycline - 7 day course
2.
V5 effects include significant improvement of clinical outcomes for hepatitis B treatment, hepatitis C treatment, and recently, for tuberculosis treatment, including drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB and XDR-TB) and TB and HIV co-infection. V5 is an orally delivered formulation, manufactured as a simple tablet. It has been postulated that V5 effects on hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and tuberculosis is dependent upon an immunomodulatory effect of the product.
When I graduated last 1998 in a Bachelor's Degree, I was diagnosed to have a PTB Minimal Right when I had my Chest Xray. I undergo medication with streptomycin but not completed it because of poverty. On 1999, I repeat my medication with oral medz for TB but still not able to complete it because of the same reason that time minimal PTB was not sponsored yet by the government.
doxycycline, azithromycin and moxifloxacin. The first two failed to clear my infection and now I have two days that I finished the moxifloxacin 400 mg( 10 days treatment) clearing my symptoms. My question is, Is it possible for the bacteria to reoccur after the moxifloxacin treatment? And if yes what other option are there?
A recent study was done to show that Myco was only erradicated by 85% of those on the Azithro regiment described, however Avelox ( Moxifloxacin) killed Myco in all cases. Routine is to try described Azithro regimen first and if symtoms still exist Moxifloxacin. Why? I guess so that Myco doesn't become Moxifloxacin resistant. Save the bugs, kill the patient kind of thing. I say take the 400mg a day X 10 day regiment of Moxifloxacin and help yourself.
Hi,
the montouxs test has failry indicated that you have active TB and therefore need therapy. Even in the absence of cough and low grade fever, which is common in TB, a diagnosis and treatment can be made.
You should try and keep your child away as the child is at severe risk of getting TB by close contact.
I hope you understand. let me know if you need more help.
Cure rates with moxifloxacin are 100% According to some info
I’ve found, and is used after Doxy and az. So id press to get moxifloxacin. moxifloxacin 400 mg daily for 7 to 14 days is the preferred antibiotic regimen.
Don't stop taking treatment until your doctor says to do so. Even if you are feeling better, there may be lingering bacteria that are strong enough to survive longer than you think, and they can then reproduce and be more difficult and sometimes impossible to kill entirely.
now only left moxifloxacin hasnt try, seems to be last resort. this bacteria already bothered me for 6 months, really want to get rid of it.
7 months back I was treated for Chlamydia, it took multiple rounds of antibiotics to treat as I still had discharge, eventually it went away (Doxy & Zithro extended courses). 3 months ago I got Chlamydia again, I was treated w/ same extended round & STD tests came back clean. I still have pain currently & it's best to describe as radiating from inside the groin area, extends to my immediate inner thighs, center lower back, through my testis & urethra.
after one has TB, there can be permanent lung damage, even with good healing, that results in a condition, usually localized in the lung, called bronchiectasis. This lung disease can cause bleeding, even in the absence of recurrent TB infection.
Your doctor’s approach to this incident, should be to rule-out recurrent TB with the X-ray and sputum exam and then do whatever diagnostic testing is necessary to determine the source of the blood.
Along with thyroid gland, one of my lymph nodes was also removed since it was swollen. In the biopsy of removed lymph node in the neck, the doctor detected TB in that node. Following the report, a general physician started a 6-month TB course for me. It started in December last year with 5 tablets of Akurit-4. Two months later, Akurit was stopped and the doctor prescribed RCINEX 600 once a day. Ten days after starting RCINEX 600, I got fever.
t offer at the time and this test confirmed i have mycoplasma gen. He also took a swab to develop in the lab and he said moxifloxacin 400mg was fast effective to the bacteria but there was a part of the bacteria that was resistant. He still gave me a 20 day course and its been a week since i've finished it and yes the infection is still there. My symptoms is not as bad as some other sufferers, slight discharge in the mornings and tingles around the tip but not as much as before.
I would assume my symptoms should be cleared up right after the treatment, right? Anyone have success getting any other medications in the USA? Or going to Europe and getting any? I’m just not sure the next step since American doctors don’t want to try anything new. They go by CDC recommendations. I need someone to think outside the box here. Any advice?
Recommended
