[Fulminant hepatic failure due to tuberculostatic drugs: case report]

Arch Argent Pediatr. 2012 May-Jun;110(3):e35-8. doi: 10.5546/aap.2012.e35.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Hepatoxicity of isoniazid, mainly in association with rifampin, is a rare secondary effect of tuberculostatic treatment. In the United States, it accounts for 0.2% of all pediatric orthotropic liver transplant, and 14% of transplants for drug hepatotoxicity. We report the case of a 10 year-old patient who presented with acute liver failure requiring orthotropic liver transplant after forty days of tuberculostatic treatment with isoniazid, rifampin and pyrazinamide.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Antitubercular Agents / adverse effects*
  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Isoniazid / adverse effects*
  • Liver Failure, Acute / chemically induced*
  • Pyrazinamide / adverse effects*
  • Rifampin / adverse effects*

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents
  • Pyrazinamide
  • Isoniazid
  • Rifampin