RT Book, Section A1 Gruenberg, Katherine A1 Guglielmo, B. Joseph A2 Papadakis, Maxine A. A2 McPhee, Stephen J. A2 Rabow, Michael W. A2 McQuaid, Kenneth R. SR Print(0) ID 1193122099 T1 Antituberculous Medications T2 Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2023 YR 2023 FD 2023 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781264687343 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1193122099 RD 2024/10/14 AB Mycobacteria are intracellular, have long periods of metabolic inactivity, and tend to develop resistance to any one medication. Therefore, combined medication therapy is used to delay the emergence of resistance. First-line medications, increasingly used together in the treatment of tuberculosis, are isoniazid, ethambutol, rifampin, and pyrazinamide.