Host: Tibetan Delek Hospital
US Bose 2016 Scholar
“The Effect of Hepatits B Status on Drug Induced Hepatotoxicity from Anti-Tuberculosis Treatment” — Treatment with antituberculosis medications often induces hepatotoxic effects, deemed drug induced hepatotoxicity. This can cause serious liver damage, increase likelihood of default, and complicate treatment. Chronic Hepatitis B co-infection is hypothesized to exacerbate this side effect. The Tibetan refugee population in India has both a high burden of Hepatitis B and Tuberculosis and thus provides a unique opportunity to study the interaction between these two diseases.
