Abstract:A 38-year-old kidney transplant recipient was treated with antituberculous drugs due to mycobacterial joint infection due to Mycobacterium malmoense. Three days of starting combined therapy, cyclosporine blood concentration (CBC) decreased a 63% and was necessary to increase the cyclosporine dose. Clarithromycin was also added and the CBC and kidney function remained stable until 11 months later. Pirazinamide and isoniazide were withdrawn four months before without any analytical changes but when rifampicin an… Show more
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