title: Rifampicin-induced acute renal failure: a case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, King Faaad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Abu-Romeh
authors.forename: S O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Huraib
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Quadri
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authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Memish
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Al-Mahmood
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authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Abdulla
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