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. 2019 Mar 19;34(5):1050–1057. doi: 10.3904/kjim.2018.063

Table 4.

Offending drugs and reasons for discontinuation of anti-TB treatment

Variable Total (n = 27)
Reasons for discontinuing anti-TB drugs
 Drug rash 12 (44.4)
 Drug fever 7 (25.9)
 DRESS syndrome 7 (25.9)
 SJS/TEN 1 (3.8)
Offending drugs
 Isoniazid 5 (16.7)
 Rifampin 5 (16.7)
 Ethambutol 10 (33.3)
 Pyrazinamide 6 (20.0)
 Unknown 4 (13.3)

Values are presented as number (%). There were two offending drugs in three patients (isoniazid and pyrazinamide in one patient, ethambutol and pyrazinamide in two patients).

TB, tuberculosis; DRESS, drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptom; SJS/TEN, Stevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis.