Rifampicin-induced nephrotoxicity in a tuberculosis patient: Treatment dilemma?

António Grilo Novais; Cláudio Silva; Ana Rita Coelho; Roberto Silva; Ana Cláudia Carvalho

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Rifampicin-induced nephrotoxicity in a tuberculosis patient: Treatment dilemma?

Novais A
Silva C
Coelho A
et al.

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine (2021) 8(11)

DOI: 10.12890/2021_002833

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Acute kidney injury related to rifampin is usually a clinical diagnosis. We report a case of a man being treated for pulmonary tuberculosis with acute tubulointerstitial nephritis related to rifampicin.

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Novais, A. G., Silva, C., Coelho, A. R., Silva, R., & Carvalho, A. C. (2021). Rifampicin-induced nephrotoxicity in a tuberculosis patient: Treatment dilemma? European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 8(11). https://doi.org/10.12890/2021_002833

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Rifampicin-induced nephrotoxicity in a tuberculosis patient: Treatment dilemma?

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