Paradoxical response to anti-tubercular treatment

We report a 5-year-old boy who developed optic neuritis as a paradoxical reaction to anti-tuberculous therapy. Steroids were re-started in the patient with gradual recovery of his vision. The case emphasizes the importance of recognizing paradoxical reactions in patients on anti-tuberculous therapy....

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Autores principales: Zaki, Syed Ahmed, Shenoy, Prithi
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
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Drug Watch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3081467/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21572663
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.77377
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description We report a 5-year-old boy who developed optic neuritis as a paradoxical reaction to anti-tuberculous therapy. Steroids were re-started in the patient with gradual recovery of his vision. The case emphasizes the importance of recognizing paradoxical reactions in patients on anti-tuberculous therapy. Prompt recognition and treatment of such reactions will reduce the associated morbidity.
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spelling pubmed-30814672011-05-13 Paradoxical response to anti-tubercular treatment Zaki, Syed Ahmed Shenoy, Prithi Indian J Pharmacol Drug Watch We report a 5-year-old boy who developed optic neuritis as a paradoxical reaction to anti-tuberculous therapy. Steroids were re-started in the patient with gradual recovery of his vision. The case emphasizes the importance of recognizing paradoxical reactions in patients on anti-tuberculous therapy. Prompt recognition and treatment of such reactions will reduce the associated morbidity. Medknow Publications 2011-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3081467/ /pubmed/21572663 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.77377 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Pharmacology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Paradoxical response to anti-tubercular treatment
title_sort paradoxical response to anti-tubercular treatment
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3081467/
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