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. 2025 May 27;17(5):106618. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v17.i5.106618

Table 1.

Magnitude of anti-tuberculosis drug-induced acute liver failure in various published studies

Ref.
Study design
n (diagnosis)
n (AT-DILI)
n (AT-ALF)
Proportion of AT-ALF
Anand et al[44], 2006 Observational 152 (TB) 22 (13.8%) 09 13% of prospective cohort (6/69)
Pande et al[22], 1996 Prospective, case-control 492 (TB) 86 05 5.8% of AT-DILI
Devarbhavi et al[26], 2013 Retro-prospective cohort 269 (AT-DILI) 269 69 25.7% of AT-DILI
Dawra et al[24], 2029 Retrospective cohort 141 (TB) 10 01 10% of AT-DILI
Latief et al[23], 2017 Prospective cohort 200 (TB) 16 01 6.2% of AT-DILI
Raj Mani et al[13], 2021 Prospective cohort 397 (TB) 38 04 10.5% of AT-DILI
Kumar et al[19], 2010 Retrospective analysis 1223 (ALF) - 70 5.7% of ALF
Wang et al[27], 2020 Retrospective analysis 155 (AT-DILI) 155 55 35.4% of AT-DILI
Ichai et al[28], 2010 Retrospective analysis 566 (ALF) - 14 2.47% of ALF
Mindikoglu et al[29], 2009 Retrospective analysis 661 (drug-induced ALF) - 50 7.5% of drug-induced ALF

TB: Tuberculosis; ALF: Acute liver failure; AT-ALF: Anti-tuberculosis drug-induced acute liver failure; AT-DILI: Anti-tuberculosis drug-induced liver injury.