Alopecia caused by isoniazid

Hepatotoxicity caused by the combined action of isoniazid and rifampicin.

A 35 year old black Somalian woman with miliary tuberculosis developed hepatotoxicity after a few days of treatment with isoniazid, rifampicin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol. After withdrawal of all drugs the liver profile returned to normal and remained so after challenge with isoniazid. Hepatotoxicity recurred when rifampicin was added, but it was well tolerated when reintroduced without isoni...

Fever induced by isoniazid

Isoniazid is the most important antituberculosis medicine. Adverse effects are generally fever and rash. There are few case reports in the literature which identified high fever without rash associated with INH use. In this case report, we present a case with tuberculosis lymphadenitis and isoniazid-induced fever.

HEARING IMPAIRMENT CAUSED BY WAR

120 cases of Iranian soldiers complaining of hearing loss, were studied over a period of three years at the Ghaem Medical Center in Mashad,Iran. There was adequate information in III cases that their engagement in different types of explosions had caused their hearing impairment. The following aspects were evaluated: 1- Categorization of their hearing impairment. 2- The otoscopic findings...

Pseudo Alopecia Areata Caused by Skull-caps with Metal Pin Fasteners used by Orthodox Jews in Israel

BACKGROUND Alopecia Areata (AA) is a disease characterized by hair loss that is widely believed to be autoimmune in origin. Thus treatment is generally aimed in this direction using immune inhibitors such as steroids and PUVA. OBJECTIVE To describe a variant of AA, Pseudo Alopecia Areata, caused by a particular cupola pin holder (tic-tac) and to offer a non-pharmacological treatment option (N...

Alopecia.