Back to Search
Start Over
The association of interferon with the development of pulmonary tuberculosis.
- Source :
-
International journal of clinical pharmacology and therapeutics [Int J Clin Pharmacol Ther] 2007 Nov; Vol. 45 (11), pp. 598-600. - Publication Year :
- 2007
-
Abstract
- We report a new case of a patient suffering from chronic hepatitis C (CHC) and treated with interferon-alpha2a (IFN-alpha) who presented with the diagnosis of active pulmonary tuberculosis. Interferon was stopped and appropriate treatment with antituberculous drugs initiated. Several weeks later the patient was free of clinical symptoms. Our case demonstrates a rare association between interferon and tuberculosis since only one case in the literature has described a similar association.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Antitubercular Agents therapeutic use
Hepatitis C, Chronic drug therapy
Humans
Interferon alpha-2
Interferon-alpha therapeutic use
Male
Recombinant Proteins
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary diagnosis
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary drug therapy
Withholding Treatment
Interferon-alpha adverse effects
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary chemically induced
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0946-1965
- Volume :
- 45
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- International journal of clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 18077924
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5414/cpp45598