Azithromycin and tuberculosis

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Avatar m tn Understand your predicament. Tuberculosis can produce typical symptoms and signs in the eyes. This further correlated with blood tests, which show a raised ESR and lymphocytes. Again skin tests like PPD will help with the diagnosis. If there is a collective evidence of tuberculous infection, then therapy is mandatory. Hope this helped and do keep us posted.
Avatar m tn Bibasilar means the Left and Right bottom part of the lung are partly collapsed or the lobe and it can be due to mucus or medications taken for asthma and other problems. At least this CT says it is not Cancerous so it doesn't sound like you need a biopsy at this point. I don't know if they can tell by the CT scan what TB would look like. Usually, they know if it is active by the Xray and bother with a CT. But that doesn't solve the issue of whether you had been exposed.
Avatar f tn SHe prescribed him with QVAR and Flonase and wants to see him back in 6 weeks. So my question, could he have caught TB from this guy that spit on him? Or am I over reacting? Thanks!
1807132 tn?1318743597 My boyfriend's mother may have TB. She came home from Mexico and about 4 or so days later started to feel sick. She did not seek medical help for almost 2 weeks. While in the hospital they ran a skin test and a first sputum test that came back negative for TB. They sent her home diagnosed as viral pneumonia but then called and said the 2nd sputum test was positive. They are awaiting a 3rd sputum test to definitively diagnose it as TB.
1069143 tn?1471312610 I found out today that a lady who attends my church (sits about five benches up from me) has been diagnosed with Tuberculosis and has been quarentended in the local hospital. My questions are: 1) Am and I and my family at risk for this infection? 2) Should we go be tested for TB? 3) Is Tuberculosis curable (I am allergic to penicillin)? 4) Is there a chance that I could die?
Avatar f tn No. Tuberculosis, MTB or TB (short for tubercle bacillus) is a common and in some cases deadly infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis in humans.[1] Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body. It is spread through the air when people who have an active MTB infection cough, sneeze, or otherwise transmit their saliva through the air.
Avatar m tn my father is suffering from PULMONARY TB it is detected in march 15 then he continued with medicines (he had taken forecox and combutal for 3 months) up to june and then he is followed with r-cinex from july to december. still he is continuing .he has no cough all the time since he started using medicines,.whether he should stop r cinex tablet or he must continue ??? course is continuing since 10months .will tb again affects in future?
Avatar m tn The lypmhadenopathy was seen after flourography in 2009 i ran all tests for tuberculosis and were negative again this year the lymphadenopathy was still there, and the following tests came positive for tuberculosis : mantoux test & lung biopsy through bronchoscopy urine,blood & sputum came clean,still upto now no symptoms but i have started TB's treatment almost a month now.
Avatar f tn Today I was out with a friend. After that she told me that her family member is in hospital as he has tuberculosis. But I don't know what kind of tb it is. I am quite paranoid about this as afraid they as the family members stay together but they didn't test also. Is there any risk involved? She did cough once when I was standing in front of her.
Avatar n tn Doctors suspect that I might have had Latent Tuberculosis infection in the past. I just got TB Gold Test done and it is positive for Latent Tuberculosis. My question is that - If I treat my Latent Tuberculosis will Ealses disease be cured forever? Please help.
1084115 tn?1385228589 Macrolide antibiotics like erythromycin, azithromycin, chloramphenicol, lincomycine, and clindamycin which are excreted and detoxified by liver should be used with cautions in these patients. Tetracycline, Isoniazid and Rifampin have prolonged half life in patients with liver cirrhosis. Metronidazole ketocanozole, miconazole, fluconazole, itraconazole, and nitrofurantoin pyrazinamide should be used with caution.
Avatar m tn DOES HIV ANTIBODY TAKE LONGER THAN 3 MONTH TO PRODUCE IN BODY, ESPECIALLY GAY PEOPLE? And the man i was with 5 and half months ago is a nurse in the kind of famous hospital. I ASSUME that he got HIV and on medications (JUST ASSUME because he told me that he was negative), does it affect to my result at 3-month (i am afraid it might be false negative)? Should i get 6-month test for definitive?
Avatar m tn 0 grams (4 500 mg pills) taken at one time is just as effective as penicillin for syphilis treatment however, there are some cases of treatment failures with azithromycin for syphilis treatment and many of the treatment failures have come from San Francisco where you apparently live. Thus this is a matter of concern. While many people will be cured by therapy of early syphilis with azithromycin, the dose you have received is not the recommended dose.
Avatar m tn I read online that the combination of Ciprofloxacin and Azithromycin can be dangerous. Is this still the case, if the last Ciprodose was one week before the 2g Azithromycin dose?
Avatar n tn I have read lots of your post concerning biaxin and azithromycin and whether they cure syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia and NGU. I have found that biaxin is chemically different than azithromycin but biologically same at killing bacteria as azithromycin. On some post you say that azithromycin or clarithromycin(biaxin) would cure all the bacterial stds then in others you state that there could be some problems. by H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.
Avatar f tn Symptoms of pneumothorax includes tachycardia,dyspnea,reduced tactile fremitus.So meet the physician and let all the General and specific thoracic examination done with all required Lab tests done. Its hard to comment beyond this stage until you come up with your history of previous health problems.Keep me updated with other details.Ill certainly help you.
Avatar m tn They just examined my cough, x-ray and advised me to take medicine for Tuberculosis(TB). I have been taking medicine every day for a month but I am getting weaker and blood amount on cough is increasing. I don't like to eat food, my face is turned blackish and i am such a weak that it is hard to walk. I would be happy if you suggest me the best way to do now.
Avatar f tn He tested negative for hiv, and I know that can be a reason some times. Other than the tuberculosis he had treatment and he fine.
Avatar m tn i have done a test last week for Tuberculosis it shows positive and re do the same test at the same hospital after 5 days it says negative but still i have this this dry cough and fever i have no found any other sines of Tuberculosis from me ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Avatar m tn Hello, PTB left upper lobe means pulmonary tuberculosis of the left upper lobe. Pulmonary tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and it can lead to infection in the lungs, skin, bones and brain. A person suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis needs to take antituberculous treatment for 6-9 months. Before labeling anybody as suffering from tuberculosis other tests like TB PCR, sputum AFB test and HRCT chest may be needed to confirm the diagnosis.
Avatar f tn It is transmitted from person to person via droplets from the throat and lungs of people with the active respiratory disease. Tuberculosis can cause an evening rise of temperature and increased sweating. This also causes a loss of appetite; as such this is accompanied by weight loss. In addition it can cause cough with expectoration and sometimes breathlessness. Regards.
Avatar m tn Hi, I got a test done and it came back positive for chlamydia. I took 1g of azithromycin on Monday night. I went to a lunch today and I started drinking a beer because it had totally slipped my mind that I took the medication on Monday. I finished the one beer, but drank only water the rest of the time. Will that one beer affect my being cured or affect the medication? Thanks.
Avatar f tn I have been taking Azithromycin for 4 days. I have gotten worse. Still have fever and have developed nasal congestion with yellow discharge. ENT gave me Spectracef. I read that Spectracef does not treat mychoplasma. So, is there an antibiotic that would treat both mychoplasma AND sinusitis incase I have one or both?