Rifampicin-induced acute renal failure: a case report.
Acute oliguric renal failure (ARF) developed in a patient two weeks after he was started on intermittent anti-tuberculous therapy including rifampicin. The clinical picture was compatible with acute allergic interstitial nephritis. Renal histology revealed mainly acute tubular necrosis with mild tubulo-interstitial mononuclear cellular infiltrate. Intermittent therapy, as in our patient, has been the major factor in the development of rifampicin induced ARF in cases reviewed in the literature.
Abu-Romeh
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Department of Medicine, King Faaad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Huraib
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Quadri
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Memish
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Al-Mahmood
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Abdulla
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Flaiw
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