A Case of Acute Liver Failure in a Patient on Isoniazid Prophylaxis for Latent Tuberculosis

Isoniazid (INH) is widely used for latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis despite the known risk of liver injury, with severe hepatitis occurring in up to 1% of patients. We report a patient who presented with two weeks of anorexia, nausea, and jaundice following six months of INH monotherapy for latent...

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Autores principales: Philipose, Jobin, Suchman, Kelly I, Aronsky, Danielle, Lee, Tai-Ping
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8944168/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35345710
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22452

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8944168/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35345710
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22452

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