title: [Toxic hepatitis caused by rifampin and isoniazid in treatment of tuberculosis (author's transl)].
abstract: Five children with tuberculosis were treated with isoniazid (20 mg./Kg./day) and rifampin (15 mg./Kg./day). After five to twenty seven days of treatment they presented anorexia, vomiting and jaundice. Hepatomegaly was found in two of them. High indirect bilirubin, S.G.O.T. and S.G.P.T. and low prothrombin levels were present in all of them. Eight to thirty one days after withdrawal of rifampin, all patients were well and their laboratory data was normal.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007538:Isoniazid / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D012293:Rifampin / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D007538:Isoniazid; D012293:Rifampin
vernacular_title: Hepatitis tóxica por tratamiento antituberculoso con rifampicina e isoniazida