Febrile Reactions to INH
- 11 August 1977
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 297 (6) , 337
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm197708112970616
Abstract
To the Editor: Although fever has been well documented as an adverse effect of Isoniazid (INH) used in tuberculosis chemotherapy (700 mg per day)1 febrile reactions to INH used alone for chemoprophylaxis (300 mg per day) have rarely been documented.2 The following cases illustrate the confusing clinical situation that febrile reactions to INH can present.Case 1. A 57-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital on August 18, 1976, with a five-day history of fever (temperatures as high as 40°C) and general myalgia. There was no past history of allergies. She had been taking INH (300 mg per day) since . . .Keywords
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