CLINICAL
PHARMACY
PRESENTATION
BY SAMREEN FATIMA
MUHAMMAD MUBASSHIR
Presented to
Dr Faksheena
TUBERCULOSIS
OUTLINE
DEFINITION
MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS
AETIOLOGY
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
DIAGNOSIS
TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT
i) Pharmacological
ii) Non Pharmacological
DESIRED OUTCOMES
What is
T
uberculosis
(TB) ?
Causative agent
“MYCOBACTERIUM
TUBERCULOSIS”
Communicable
infectious disease
Produce silent ,
latent infections
Progressive ,
active disease
Aetiology
Aetiology
MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS

 Mycobacteria – Rod shaped-
Aerobic Bacilli
Characteristics of both gram
+ve and –ve
 Cell wall – Mycolicacid
Mycolic acid
 Virulent
 Long chain Beta hydroxylated
fatty acids
 Highly Lipophilic
 Ziehl-Neelsen Stain(Acid
fast staining method)
Aetiology
Latent TB
infection
Active TB
infection
Milliary TB
infection
(MTBI)
RISK FACTORS OF TUBERCULOSIS
 Co infection with Human immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
 Crowded living conditions
 Immunosuppressants
 Migration from a country with a high number of TB cases
 Alcoholism
 Cancer of the head and neck
 Smoking - Smokers who develop TB should be encouraged to
stop smoking to decrease the risk of relapse
EPIDEMIOLOGY
EPIDEMIOLOGY
 Roughly one of every three people is infected by M.
Tuberculosis
 High incidence of TB in Southern Asia and Sub – Saharan Africa
 59% of TB patients in United State are foreign born , most
often from Mexico , Philippines , Vietnam , India
 With The Spread of AIDS , TB continues to lay waste to large
populations
 The emergency of drug resistant organism threatens to make
this disease once again incurable
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
EXPOSURE TO
SOURCE
AEROSOLIZA
TION
OF DROPLETS
MUCOCILIARY
BEATING
NO
INFECTION
(>50%)
CD4 LYMPHOCYTE
GRANULOMATOUS LESIONS
BEGINS TO FORM (NECROSIS)
BACTERIA MULTIPLY IN
MACROPHAGES
LESION LIQUIFIES
SPREAD TO BLOOD ORGANS
DEA
TH
BACTERIA CEASE TOGROW
IMMUNE
SUPPRESSION
REACTIVATION
BACTERIA
COUGHED UP IN
SPUTUM
LUNGS
DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSIS
TUBERCULIN
SKIN TEST
SPUTUM TEST CHEST
RADIOGRAPHY
NUCLEIC ACID
AMPLIFICATION
DIAGNOSIS > TUBERCULIN SKIN TEST
DIAGNOSIS > SPUTUM TEST
 Smear is prepared
 Zeihl Nielsen Acid Fast Stain Method
DIAGNOSIS >CHEST
RADIOGRAPHY
The radiograph shows an
abnormal shadow of lungs with
active tuberculosis.
DIAGNOSIS >NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION
A new test can reveal in less than two hours , with very high accuracy
DIAGNOSIS > NUCLEIC ACIDAMPLIFICATION
Species identification
: several hours
Low sensitivity High cost
TREATMENT AND
MANAGEMENT
TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT
PHARMACOLOGICAL NON
PHARMACOLOGICAL
PHARMACOLOGICAL
TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT
FIRST LINE
ANTI TB
RIFAMYCINS
ISONIAZID
PYRAZINAMIDE
ETHAMBUTOL
SECOND LINE
ANTI TB
QUINOLONES
STREPTOMYCIN
KANAMYCIN
MACROLIDES
CYCLOSERINE
ETHIONAMIDE
RIPE
RIPE
TREATMENT – ACTIVE TB
ISONIAZID
6MONTHS
ADULT
300MG/DAY
CHILD 10MG/KG
RIFAMPICIN
6 MONTHS
ADULT600MG/DAY
CHILD 600MG
PYRAZINAMIDE
2 MONTHS
ADULT 2G/DAY
CHILD 300MG
INITIAL PHASE
2 MONTHS
CONTINUOUS PHASE
4 MONTHS
TREATMENT – LATENT TB
ISONIAZID
9 MONTHS >30KG PO qDAY
TREATMENT IN HIVNEGATIVE
ISONIAZID +
RIF
APENTENE
3 MONTHS PO 900MG
ONCE WEEKLY
TREATMENT IN HIV HEALTHY NOT
TAKINGANTI RETROVIRALTHERAPY
NON PHARMACOLOGICAL
NON PHARMACOLOGICAL
WHAT TO EAT
VEGETABLE WITH HIGH Fe+
& VIT B CONTENT
BRIGHT (RED)VEGETABLES
VEGETABLE OIL
WHOLE GRAIN
NOT TO EAT
ALCOHOL
TOBACO IN ALLFORM
SUGAR (REFINED PRODUCTS)
WHITE BREAD
HIGH FATDIET
HIGH CHOLESTEROL
RED MEAT
MYCOBACTERIUM
TUBERCULOSIS
RESISTANCE
MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS RESISTANCE
MDR TB
RIFAMPIN
ISONIAZID
XDR TB
ISONIAZID
RIFAMPIN
ANY
FLUOROQUINONE
ONE OF 3
INJECTIBLES
IMIKACIN
KANAMYCIN
CAPREOMYCIN
TREATMENT OF MDR TB
UTILIZEATLEAST 3-5
UNUSED DRUGS
LEVOFLOXACIN
DON’T ADD DRUG IN
FAILED REGIMEN
ADD 3 PREFFERABLE
MEDICINES FROM
FOLLOWING
AMINOGLYCOSIDE
FLUOROQUINONE
THIONAMIDE
CYCLOSERINE
BEDAQUILINE
 Treatment options are very limited
 Carries a very high mortality rate
TREATMENT OF MDR TB
DESIRED
OUTCOMES
RAPID IDENTIFICATION OF NEW CASESOF TB
INITIATION OF SPECIFICANTI TUBERSULOSIS TREATMENT
PROMPT RESOLUTION OF SIGNAND SYMPTOM OF
DISEASE
ADHERENCE THE TREATMENT REGIMEN BY THE PATIENT
CURE AS QUICKLY ASPOSSIBLE
THANK YOU
REFERENCE
https://reference.medscape.com/drug/rifadin-
rimactane-rifampin-342570
British National formulary (BNF)
https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/230802-
treatment#d12
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Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Presentation