Rifampin in initial treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. A.U.S. Public Health Service tuberculosis therapy trial.

Adolescent Adult Alanine Transaminase/metabolism Bacteriological Techniques Clinical Trials as Topic Drug Evaluation Drug Therapy, Combination Ethambutol/therapeutic use Female Humans Isoniazid/therapeutic use Leukocyte Count Liver/drug effects Male Middle Aged Mycobacterium tuberculosis/isolation & purification Radiography Rifampin/administration & dosage,adverse effects,therapeutic use Sputum/microbiology Streptomycin/therapeutic use Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/blood,diagnostic imaging,drug therapy,enzymology,microbiology

Ethambutol Alanine Transaminase Isoniazid Rifampin Streptomycin