Tuberculosis is caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis, and like its name, it is indeed a bacteria. However, we have not found any antibiotics succesfully in treating or killing completely the mtb.
Infections of tb lie latent forever within your body.
As per regard to perscribing antibiotics to viral infections (like the cold), they are nothing more than a placebo. Secondary symptoms can be placed under control by medicines (cold medicine, aspirin) that suppress immune responses, something that antibiotics do not perform.
This is really a case of people thinking they know more than they do coupled with a severe confusion with reality.
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They may have indeed approved this rifapentine, but the vaccine (BCG is also , albiet not for TB, but the research supporting that is out there). This doesn't mean that it is necessarily succesful at treatment, but merely they believe in potentially is slightly beneficial and not adversely harmful. There have been many "treatments" for TB, but the success rate is quite questionable.
Tuberculosis is caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis, and like its name, it is indeed a bacteria. However, we have not found any antibiotics succesfully in treating or killing completely the mtb. Infections of tb lie latent forever within your body. As per regard to perscribing antibiotics to viral infections (like the cold), they are nothing more than a placebo. Secondary symptoms can be placed under control by medicines (cold medicine, aspirin) that suppress immune responses, something that antibiotics do not perform. This is really a case of people thinking they know more than they do coupled with a severe confusion with reality.