KROK 1 2012 – Question 112 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
After 4 months of treatment for tuberculosis the patient began complaining of toes and fingers numbness, sensation of creeps. He was diagnosed with polyneuritis. What antituberculous drug might have caused these complications?
- A. Sodium salt of benzylpenicillin
- B. Isoniazid
- C. Alcohol iodine solution
- D. Ciprofloxacin
- E. Rifampicin
Hint
First separate real antituberculous agents from the other listed drugs, then recall which of them is characterised by peripheral nerve toxicity as an adverse effect.
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