Antimicrobials
Ethambutol

Ethambutol

Low
Moderate
$

Spectrum of Activity

Dosing

General Information

Treatment of TB and NTM

Laboratory

  • Baseline and periodic CBC with diff, CMP

Clinical

  • Baseline and periodic (monthly) visual testing (Snellen test) and color discrimination tests
  • Hepatotoxicity
  • Color blindness
  • Decreased visual acuity 
  • Optic neuritis
  • Visual disturbance
  • CBC abnormalities 
  • Rashes
  • GI upset
  • CNS abnormalities
  • Nephritis

Interactions with oral Typhoid vaccine, BCG, cholera vaccine