Objetivo: Verificar a frequência de efeitos adversos em pacientes
em uso de drogas antituberculose de primeira linha, além dos
fatores de risco associados aos efeitos adversos e à hepatotoxicidade. Métodos: Estudo transversal, envolvendo 196 pacientes
portadores de tuberculose em Maceió (AL), de ...
Abstract INTRODUCTION: Adverse drug reactions can develop when using anti-tuberculosis medication, and the effects of the drugs can also significantly hinder the treatment of patients. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 73 patients using two standardized questionnaires and the World He...
ABSTRACT Setting: Treatment of tuberculosis (TB) can result in Drug-Induced Liver Injury (DILI) since hepatotoxic metabolites are formed during the biotransformation of isoniazid (INH).DILI can be related to the genetic profile of the patient. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the CYP2E1 gene and GSTM1...
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the frequency of drug therapy problem in the treatment of patients with tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. Methods: Data were obtained through a cross-sectional study conducted between September 2015 and December 2016 at a reference hospital in infectious diseases in Belo Horiz...
ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate early detection of amikacin-induced ototoxicity in a population treated for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), by means of three different tests: pure-tone audiometry (PTA); high-frequency audiometry (HFA); and distortion-product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) te...
Resumen Para el control epidemiológico de la tuberculosis (TBC) se requiere de una terapia de alta eficacia, que logre eliminar la trasmisión mediante la curación de los pacientes. Las reacciones adversas a fármacos (RAM) contribuyen a una menor eficiencia del tratamiento. La RAM hepática es la más...
OBJECTIVES: Patients receiving treatment for tuberculosis are at risk of developing acute liver failure due to the hepatotoxicity of antitubercular drugs. We aimed to describe our experience with liver transplantation from deceased donors in this situation. METHODS: We identified patients undergoing tra...