title: [A case of pulmonary tuberculosis with acute renal failure caused by readministration of rifampicin].
abstract: We report a case of pulmonary tuberculosis with acute renal failure caused by readministration of Rifampicin (RFP). A 73 year-old man was admitted to a certain hospital complaining with dyspnea on exertion. As his sputum smear was positive for acid-fast bacilli, he was transferred to our hospital for the isolation and treatment. He was diagnosed as lung tuberculosis and was administrated RFP, Isoniazid (INH) and Ethambutol (EB). On the 20th day after the initiation of treatment, the administration of drugs were suspended, because of liver dysfunction. After recovery of liver dysfunction, we have readministered antituberculous drugs, starting with EB, then INH, and finally RFP. On the 22nd day after the readministration of RFP, acute renal failure was observed. All medications were suspended and we started treatment with hydration and furosemide. His renal function recovered after 7 weeks. Histopathological examination of the kidney revealed interstitial infiltration and tubular nephritis. According to the histopathological examination and the clinical course, we concluded acute renal failure was induced by the readministration of RFP. This case suggests that we have to pay attention to renal side effect of RFP in the course of readministration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Disease, National Chiba Higashi Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kuroda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yagi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yamagishi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mizutani
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wada
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000139:chemically induced*; D000368:Aged; D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004977:Ethambutol / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D007538:Isoniazid / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008297:Male; D012293:Rifampin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular; D004977:Ethambutol; D007538:Isoniazid; D012293:Rifampin