Introduction Treatment of pediatric adrenal insufficiency (AI) has been challenging due to a
lack of dose and age appropriate hydrocortisone preparations for children. Hydrocortisone …

The adrenal gland in conjunction with the pituitary gland is one of the major components of
the endocrine system and regulates blood volume, blood pressure, serum electrolytes, and …

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Treatment of tuberculosis with rifampicin in patients with pre‐existing adrenal failure has
been reported to induce adrenal crisis due to alteration of Cortisol metabolism by induction …

Las infecciones son frecuentes y más graves en receptores de trasplante de órgano sólido.
La prevención y tratamiento es una prioridad objetiva de los equipos multidisciplinarios de …

SETTING: In the developing world, early mortality within 1 month of commencing
tuberculosis (TB) treatment is high, particularly with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co …

Natural and synthetic glucocorticoids are one of the most commonly used medications as
they are utilized not only as replacement therapy for patients with deficiencies but also to …

Tuberculosis (TB) is considered one of the common illnesses in developing countries and is
known to affect all classes of society. Though the subclinical endocrine dysfunction is …

Rifampicin, an antituberculous drug, causes increased hepatic metabolism of steroid
hormones. We report the case of a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome …

Adrenal insufficiency is caused by either primary adrenal failure or by hypothalamic-pituitary
impairment of the corticotropic axis which is predominantly due to long-term glucocorticoid …