Article · Volume 5, Issue 2 · pp. 155–157
Alopecia caused by isoniazid
Ramakant Dixit1, Danish Qureshi1, Sunil Mathur1
- 1Departments of Respiratory Medicine and Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, J. L. N. Medical College, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India.
Abstract
Drug-induced alopecia is a known clinical entity and mainly seen with anti-mitotic drug therapy. Alopecia during anti-tuberculosis therapy is very uncommon and previously observed with isoniazid, thiacetazone, and ethionamide. Present communication describes an additional case of isoniazid-induced alopecia in a 10-year-old male child, which was reversible after isoniazid withdrawal. Possible mechanisms of drug-induced alopecia are also briefly discussed.
Keywords: Alopecia; drugs; isoniazid
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