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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1982;25(9):959-962. Published online September 30, 1982.

Acute isoniazid poisoning in childhood.

Ji Tae Choung, Jun Tae Park, Jee Kyu Lee, Kyu Eun Lee

¹Dzpartmsnt of Peiiatrics, Seoul Adventist Hospital，Seoul, Korea

Abstract

Sin:e tae introiucdon of isoniazid in ；1952, periodic reports of intentional or accidental intoxications complicate! by generalize! convulsions have appeared. Only 31 cases, to our knowlelge, have reportei in English literature until 1980 in pediatric age group. In Korea, oily two cases of a?ite isoniazid intoxication in childhood reported, although there are high incideiee of T.B. ani frequent use of isoniazid. We have experienced two accidental cases of acute poisonin꿍 from an overdose of isoniazid in childhood, one was expired 19 hours after admission, the other was recovered without any abnormal physical findings.

Keywords :Poisoning, Isoniazid