Life-threatening, multiple hypersensitivity reactions induced by rifampicin in one patient with pulmonary tuberculosis

South Med J. 2007 Aug;100(8):854-6. doi: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3180f60a57.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Acute Kidney Injury / chemically induced
  • Adult
  • Anaphylaxis / chemically induced
  • Anemia, Hemolytic / chemically induced
  • Antibiotics, Antitubercular / administration & dosage
  • Antibiotics, Antitubercular / adverse effects*
  • Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / chemically induced
  • Drug Hypersensitivity / etiology*
  • Drug Hypersensitivity / therapy
  • Humans
  • Hypersensitivity, Immediate / chemically induced
  • Liver / drug effects
  • Male
  • Renal Dialysis
  • Rifampin / administration & dosage
  • Rifampin / adverse effects*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Antibiotics, Antitubercular
  • Rifampin