Table 2. Pharmacological management of multi-drug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB)

First-line oral drugs	Injectable bactericidal drugs^#	Fluoroquinolones^#	Second-line bacteriostatic drugs	Other drugs with unclear or unproven efficacy
Rifampicin^¶	Streptomycin	Moxifloxacin	Cycloserine	Clofazimine
Isoniazid^¶	Amikacin	Gatifloxacin	p-aminosalicyclic acid	Clarithromycin
Rifabutin	Kanamycin	Ofloxacin	Prothionamide	Amoxicillin/clavulanate
Ethanmbutol	Capreomycin	Levofloxacin	Ethionamide	Linezolid
Pyrizinamide			Terizidone	Imipenem/cilastatin
				Thioacetazone
				High-dose isoniazid
Order in which drugs are added to MDR-TB regimen →

^#: all MDR-TB regimens should include one injectable and one fluoroquinolone where possible; ^¶: by definition, isolates classed as MDR will be resistant to these drugs.