Rifampicin-Induced Nephrotoxicity in a Tuberculosis Patient: Treatment Dilemma?
António Novais, Cláudio Silva, Ana Rita Coelho, Roberto Carlos Lyra da Silva, Ana Cláudia Carvalho
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine · 2021-10
Abstract
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. LEARNING POINTS: Rifampicin can cause acute kidney injury.Renal impairment may develop weeks after rifampicin administration was started.
MeSH terms
- Medicine
- Rifampicin
- Nephrotoxicity
- Tuberculosis
- Dilemma
- Intensive care medicine