Those drugs,  rifampicin and isoniazid, are part of the Directly Observed Therapy, Short Course, or DOTS, which is prescribed to treat this disease .
One test for this disease screens for the proteins ESAT-6 and CFP-10 emitted by the bacteria that cause disease; that method is the QuantiFERON Gold test. Drugs used in treating this disease include one which inhibits autorepressors by attaching to RNA polymerase holoenzyme and one which binds to a protein reductase known as InhA, thus blocking synthesis of mycolic acid and preventing the creation of the cell wall. Those drugs,  rifampicin and isoniazid, are part of the Directly Observed Therapy, Short Course, or DOTS, which is prescribed to treat this disease . One type of infection by this disease sees bacteria invade the circulatory system, creating seed like spots on the lungs; that version is known as the miliary form. For 10 points, name this disease caused by a mycobacterium which infects the lungs.
One test for this disease screens for the proteins ESAT-6 and CFP-10 emitted by the bacteria that cause disease; that method is the QuantiFERON Gold test.
{Tuberculosis}