p-aminosalicylic acid

p- aminosalicylic acid /p- ami·no·sal·i·cyl·ic ac·id/ (PAS) (PASA) an analogue of aminobenzoic acid (PABA) with antibacterial properties; used to inhibit growth and multiplication of the tubercle bacillus..

p-aminosalicylic acid (PAS) (PASA) [ah-me″no-sal-ĭ-sil´ik]

an analogue of p-aminobenzoic acid that inhibits folic acid synthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, used in the treatment of tuberculosis, administered orally. In pharmacy it is officially called aminosalicylic acid. It enhances the potency of streptomycin and delays the development of bacilli resistant to streptomycin. Gastrointestinal irritation accompanied by anorexia, nausea, and vomiting may be reduced by administering the drug with food at mealtime.

a derivative of benzoic acid used in the treatment of tuberculosis. It enhances the potency of streptomycin and delays development of bacilli resistant to streptomycin. Also used to treat mycobacterial infections in fish. Abbreviated PAS, PASA.

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5-aminosalicylic acid 5-ASA aminosalicylate aminosalicylic acid anemia of chronic disease Antianemia Drugs antimicrobial antituberculosis drug ASA Asacol autoimmune hemolytic anemia balsalazide Canasa collagenous colitis iron-deficiency anemia megaloblastic anemia mesalamine mesalazine microcytic anemia	Susceptibility to first-line (streptomycin, isoniazid, rifampin, and ethambutol) and second-line (kana-mycin, ethionamide, capreomycin, cycloserine, p-aminosalicylic acid, and ofloxacin) drugs was determined by the proportion method on Middlebrook 7H10 agar. Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug resistance, Abkhazia by Fattorini, Lanfranco / Emerging Infectious Diseases	P P & A P 2 P 50 p and a p arm P mitrale P point P pulmonale P sac P site P value P wave P' wave p'-DDD p- p- aminohippurate P-450 enzymes P-A p-aminobenzoate p-aminobenzoic acid p-aminohippurate p-aminohippuric acid p-aminohippuric acid clearance p-aminophenol p-aminosalicylic acid p-cresol p-diaminodiphenyl p-dimethylaminoazobenzene P-K reaction P-mitrale p-phenylenediamine P-pulmonale P-R P-R interval P-sinistrocardiale p-type semiconductor p-value P. ovale p.ae p.c p.c. P.C.P P.D P.I P.M.D p.o p.o. p.r.n p.r.n. p.s.i	P-adic absolute value P-adic field P-adic integer P-adic integers P-adic language P-adic Lie group P-adic measure P-adic methods P-adic metric P-adic norm P-adic number P-adic numbers P-adics P-Adrenergic Receptor Kinase 1 P-AIS P-AMASS P-aminoazobenzene P-aminoazobenzene p-aminobenzoate P-Aminobenzoic acid P-Aminobenzoic acid P-Aminobenzoic acid P-Aminobenzoic acid p-aminohippurate p-aminohippuric acid p-aminohippuric acid p-aminohippuric acid clearance p-aminophenol P-Aminopropiophenone p-aminosalicylic acid P-Aminothiophenol P-ANMF P-ASA P-Asserted Identity P-au-P P-Azidophenyl Glyoxal P-B Ratio P-balloon P-benzenediol P-benzenediol P-benzenediol p-benzoquinone P-Benzoquinone Dioxime P-BEST P-BFD P-BIT P-Bit Coding Violation P-Bit Errored Seconds P-Bit Severely Errored Seconds p-block elements P-BLUE P-Box p-BQ P-branch P-Bromofluorobenzene P-BUS

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5-aminosalicylic acid
5-ASA
aminosalicylate
aminosalicylic acid
anemia of chronic disease
Antianemia Drugs
antimicrobial
antituberculosis drug
ASA
Asacol
autoimmune hemolytic anemia
balsalazide
Canasa
collagenous colitis
iron-deficiency anemia
megaloblastic anemia
mesalamine
mesalazine
microcytic anemia

Susceptibility to first-line (streptomycin, isoniazid, rifampin, and ethambutol) and second-line (kana-mycin, ethionamide, capreomycin, cycloserine, p-aminosalicylic acid, and ofloxacin) drugs was determined by the proportion method on Middlebrook 7H10 agar.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug resistance, Abkhazia by Fattorini, Lanfranco / Emerging Infectious Diseases