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Is it safe to use pyrazinamide in older patients with TB?
01 Oct 2024
byStephen Padilla
Adding pyrazinamide (PZA) to the initial tuberculosis (TB) treatment in older patients may lead to an increase in the incidence of adverse events (AEs), particularly allergic reactions, but not in-hospital mortality, length of hospital stay, or hepatotoxicity, reports a study, which used data from the Japanese Diagnosis Procedure Combination inpatient database.