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Tb drugs induced hepatitis

2017-07-07 12:00:19
My mother 58 has been diagnosed with tb meningitis, she was given rifampicin,isonizid,pyrazinamide. However after 15 days she devoloped tb drugs induced hepatitis, now she been given streptomycin injection, ethambutol instead, my question how can we prevent such drug induced hepatitis again and whether her first line of treatment should be altered
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You are wright medication In some patients ATT drugs shows side effects like hepatitis. In those patients modify ATT course will be given

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