Acute diffuse interstitial nephritis related to chemotherapy of tuberculosis.
Acute renal insufficiency developed in three patients receiving chemotherapy for tuberculosis. It is proposed that acute diffuse interstitial nephritis related to the drugs was responsible for the renal injury. Recovery of renal function was slow and incomplete. Physicians administering chemotherapy to patients with tuberculosis must be aware of the potential nephrotoxicity of the common treatment regimens.
D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009395:Nephritis, Interstitial / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000188:drug therapy*
D000995:Antitubercular Agents