Open AccessPyrazinamide induced thrombocytopenia
Author(s) -
Surya Kant,
Sanjeev Verma,
Vaibhav Gupta,
Sunish C Anand,
Rajendra Prasad
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of pharmacology/the indian journal of pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.286
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1998-3751
pISSN - 0253-7613
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7613.64495
Subject(s) - pyrazinamide , medicine , complication , platelet , drug , intensive care medicine , pharmacology , tuberculosis , isoniazid , pathology
Thrombocytopenia is an uncommon but potentially life-threatening complication of certain antitubercular drugs and is characterized by rapid destruction of platelets whenever offending drug is taken by a susceptible person. We report a case of pyrazinamide-induced thrombocytopenia in a patient receiving anti tubercular drugs.