Severe or fatal liver injury in 50 patients in the United States taking rifampin and pyrazinamide for latent tuberculosis infection.
- Authors
- Type
- Published Article
- Journal
- Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 2006
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 346–355
- Identifiers
- PMID: 16392079
- Source
- Medline
- License
- Unknown
Abstract
RZ was the likeliest cause of most of these liver injuries, some of which were fatal in spite of monitoring. Fatality was predicted by age or use of other medications, but none of the cofactors showed promise as a reliable clinical predictor of severe liver injury.