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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2026

Clinical efficacy, safety evaluation, and mechanism of acetylcysteine in improving first-line anti-tuberculosis treatment of newly diagnosed pulmonary TB: an open-label, randomized, single-center trial.

Huan Zhang, Ming Liu, Lu Shi, Xianlei Wang, Jiong Xie, Qingyan Ma

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Huan ZhangThree Tuberculosis Department, Hebei Chest Hospital, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei, China.
Ming LiuThree Tuberculosis Department, Hebei Chest Hospital, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei, China.
Lu ShiThree Tuberculosis Department, Hebei Chest Hospital, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei, China.
Xianlei WangThree Tuberculosis Department, Hebei Chest Hospital, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei, China.
Jiong XieThree Tuberculosis Department, Hebei Chest Hospital, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei, China.
Qingyan MaThree Tuberculosis Department, Hebei Chest Hospital, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei, China.

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Abstract

Objective: To investigate the clinical efficacy, safety and mechanism of N-acetylcysteine combined with conventional antituberculosis drugs in the treatment of newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis. Methods: A total of 90 newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis patients were randomly assigned to a Control group ( Results: Treatment successful response rates were significantly higher in the Aerosol NAC group (96.67%) and Oral NAC group (93.33%) than in the Control group (70.00%) ( Conclusion: Adjunctive N-acetylcysteine, administered either by aerosol inhalation or orally, significantly improved treatment outcomes, accelerated sputum conversion, reduced oxidative stress and inflammation, protected liver function, and decreased adverse events in patients with newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis.

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acetylcysteineadverse reactionsclinical efficacyconventional anti-TB drugsnewly treated pulmonary TB

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PMID42718567
PMCPMC13553456

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