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Interventions for Tuberculosis Control and Elimination 2002

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Among hematologic abnormalities, rifampicin has been reported to<br />

cause leukopenia, 220 hemolytic crisis, 221 <strong>and</strong> thrombocytopenia, 222 the latter<br />

being perhaps one of the more frequent adverse drug events.<br />

Rifampicin reduces pruritus in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis,<br />

similar to the effect of phenobarbitone. 223<br />

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Figure 16. Total serum bilirubin levels in adults with normal liver function after ingestion<br />

of rifampicin at the beginning of treatment <strong>and</strong> after two weeks. Reproduced<br />

from 195 by the permission of the publisher Monaldi Archives <strong>for</strong> Chest Disease.

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