Mohammad Lava, Doya Leen, Omran Razan, Ibrahim Alexander, Alshehabi Zuheir, Ibrahim Ali
Department of Pediatrics, Tishreen University Hospital, Lattakia, Syria.
Department of Internal Medicine, Tishreen University Hospital, Lattakia, Syria.
Oxf Med Case Reports. 2021 Jan 23;2021(1):omaa126. doi: 10.1093/omcr/omaa126. eCollection 2021 Jan.
Isoniazid (INH) is highly bactericidal against replicating tubercule bacilli and is involved in all antituberculous chemotherapeutic regimens. Several neurological adverse effects, following both therapeutic and overdose use of INH, have been reported in adults in the literature. Here, we present a case of a 5-year-old girl with intestinal Tuberculosis, who developed hemiclonic seizure as a side effect of INH therapeutic dose after 2 weeks of tuberculosis therapy.
异烟肼(INH)对正在复制的结核杆菌具有高度杀菌作用,并且参与所有抗结核化疗方案。文献中已有报道,成人在治疗性使用和过量使用INH后会出现几种神经方面的不良反应。在此,我们报告一例5岁患肠结核的女孩,在抗结核治疗2周后,出现半侧阵挛性癫痫发作,这是INH治疗剂量产生的副作用。