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(Chest. 1972;61:496-499.)
© 1972 American College of Chest Physicians

Hypocalcemia, Hypomagnesemia and Hypokalemia during Chemotherapy of Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Boon Vanasin M.D.1; Marc Colmer M.D.1; and Paul J. Davis M.D.1

1 Divisions of Gastroenterology and Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Baltimore City Hospitals and the Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore

Marked hypocalcemia hypomagnesemia, tetany, hypokalemic alkalosis and hypophosphatemia developed during conventional dose viomycin-pyrazinamide treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis in a middle-aged man. Recovery of renal potassium conservation required nine weeks, but serum calcium and magnesium normalized after three weeks of replacement therapy.






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