Acute Isoniazid Poisoning Mimicking Meningoencephalitis: Case Report and Review of Literature
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Case Report
P: 43-45
March 2011

Acute Isoniazid Poisoning Mimicking Meningoencephalitis: Case Report and Review of Literature

Eurasian J Emerg Med 2011;10(1):43-45
1. Van Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Acil Servis Kliniği, Van, Türkiye
2. Gaziantep Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Acil Tıp Anabilim Dalı, Gaziantep, Türkiye
3. Dr. İ. Şevki Atasagun Devlet Hastanesi, Acil Servis Kliniği, Nevşehir, Türkiye
4. Kayseri Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Acil Servis Kliniği, Kayseri, Türkiye
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Received Date: 24.04.2009
Accepted Date: 29.05.2009
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ABSTRACT

Antituberculosis drug-induced intoxications, though at a diminished level, could still rarely occur in the present day. İsoniazid-induced seizures, hepatotoxicity, and neurotoxicity have been reported, usually as chronic side eff ects. In the present study, we report a case who was brought to our hospital unconscious with meningoencephalitis and who, following prolonged prognosis efforts, was determined to have developed neurotoxicity, recurring seizures, and hepatotoxicity due to attempted suicide by ingestion of a potentially lethal dose (300 mg INH*50 tablets; 15 gr) of isoniazid.

Keywords: Meningoencephalitis, seizures, hepatotoxicity, isoniazid

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