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Suggest Treatment For Pulmonary TB Followed By Peripheral Neuropathy
my mom was diagnosed with interstitial lung disease one and half yr back and has been on steroids since then.four mnths back she developed pulmonary TB.she could not tolerate the standard ATT,so she is taking isoniazid,ethambutol and levofloxacin.but for past one mnth she developed peripheral nuropathy.nerve conduction test showed reduced amplitutude in cp and pt nerves.the doc has stoped isoniazid for one week.what wud b the further management of her disease?
Wed, 1 Feb 2017
Wasn`t she given pyridoxine with isoniazid? If she is responding to the treatment, let her continue with ethambutol and levofloxacin because adding just one drug at a time is not advisable in tb for fear of developing resistant tb.
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