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Hepatotoxicity of Common Antibiotics by Vladimir Kostovski is a document available to read on EtoBox.
Several antibiotics can cause severe liver damage. The paper reviews antibiotics that commonly cause liver injury, including combinations of amoxicillin and clavulanic acid, oxacillin, cloxacillin, and flucloxacillin which can cause hepatitis. Erythromycin and some other macrolides are also well established in causing usually cholestatic hepatitis. Sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim can induce severe liver toxicity, especially in AIDS patients. Nitrofurantoin can result in acute cholestatic or hepatocellular rea
- Author
- Vladimir Kostovski
- Language
- EN