Case Report: Treating pulmonary tuberculosis with transaminitis with standard antitubercular four drugs therapy

Abstract

We report a case of pulmonary tuberculosis with transaminitis during the presentation but without any pre-existing liver disease or hepatotoxic drug use. This is a fairly common scenario seen in tuberculosis endemic areas; however, this is an under reported condition in the literature and guidelines for its management has not been established. Many clinicians including the authors have treated such cases with modified liver friendly regimens in fear of increasing the hepatotoxicity with standard drugs. However, the modified regimens may not be optimal in treating the underlying tuberculosis. In this report, we gave full dose standard antitubercular drugs, and the liver injury resolved evidenced by normalization of transaminases.