Open AccessSeizures in an Immunocompetent Adult From Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection: Is Isoniazid to Blame?
Author(s) -
Bhagyashri Navalkele,
Maria X Bueno Rios,
John D. Wofford,
Vijay Kumar,
Risa M. Webb
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
open forum infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2328-8957
DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofaa144
Subject(s) - medicine , latent tuberculosis , blame , isoniazid , tuberculosis , pediatrics , psychiatry , mycobacterium tuberculosis , pathology
Isoniazid-induced seizures are a rare adverse reaction especially in immunocompetent adults. We report a case of a healthy man with seizures shortly after ingestion of his first therapeutic dose of isoniazid with rifapentine therapy for treatment of latent tuberculosis infection. Only 6 other similar cases are reported in the literature.
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