The first report of two cases of fatal liver injury due to anti-tuberculosis drugs in the presence of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency

Tuberculosis (TB) is a major global health problem. Awareness of liver injury due to anti-TB therapy is vital because fulminant hepatic failure is a devastating and often fatal condition without liver transplantation. Here, we report for the first time, two patients of fatal liver injury due to anti...

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Main Authors: Shahram Habibzadeh, Jafar Mohammad Shahi, Hassan Ghobadi, Nasrollah Maleki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mycobacteriology
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Online Access:http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2017;volume=6;issue=2;spage=187;epage=190;aulast=Habibzadeh