Author/Editor		Martinjak-Dvoršek, Irma; Gorjup, Vojka; Horvat, Mitja; Noč, Marko
Title		Acute isoniazid neurotoxicity during preventive therapy
Type		članek
Source		Crit Care Med
Vol. and No.		Letnik 28, št. 2
Publication year		2000
Volume		str. 567-8
Language		eng
Abstract		Objective: To describe rare side effects of treatment with isoniazid. Design: Descriptive case report. Setting: Medical intensive care unit in a university medical center. Patient: A 14-yr old previously healthy girl receiving preventive isoniazid therapy who suddenly developed generalized tonic- clonic seizures and coma. Interventions: Patient was sedated and mechanically ventilated. She also received pyridoxine intravenously. Measurements and Main Results: An isoniazid overdose was not confirmed. Computed tomography of the brain and electroen- cephalogram revealed nothing abnormal. Seizures gradually disappeared within 2 hrs after sedation and treatment with pyridoxine. The patient was discharged on day 14 without consequences and has been well for 10 mos. No seizures reappeared after isoniazid was discontinued. Conclusions: We caution against possible isoniazid neurotoxicity in healthy individuals using recommended preventive doses.
Descriptors		EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC ISONIAZID COMA TUBERCULOSIS CHILD CONSCIOUS SEDATION PNEUMONIA PNEUMOTHORAX PYRIDOXINE RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED