Development of Acute Psychosis after the Remission of Tuberculosis Meningitis :A Case Report
Abstract
We report a case of 31- year- old male tuberculousis patient who developed psychotic symptoms. One- third of the World population is infected by tuberculosis representing the second common cause of death in adults in 2000 (1) There are reports about acute psychotic episodes following administration of isoniazid (2 ) and ciprofloxacin (3 . Psychotic symptoms developed 6.5 years after the onset of tuberculousis in the patient. He had severe complications including Pott abses and tuberculousis menengitis. In the past the use of isoniazid, ciprofloxacin and other antituberculousis medication did not lead to toxic psychosis. We suggest that the psychosis might be related to the tuberculousis menengitis and parankimatousis infection which were well cured at the intensive care unit. This case report is interesting because of late onset of acute psychosis in a tuberculosis patient.
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Rajpal S, Kumar R, Dhingra VK, Sheikh K:Isoniazid induced psychosis- A case report.Indian J Allergy Appl Immonol, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 25-27, 2000.
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