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Antibiotic-induced liver toxicity: mechanisms, clinical features and causality assessment.
Current drug safety - 2 Jul 2010
Robles Mercedes, Toscano Elena, Cotta Judith, Lucena Maria Isabel, Andrade Raúl J
Abstract excerpt
Antibiotics are the therapeutic agents most often associated with hepatotoxicity. However, this is mainly due to the widespread prescription of these drugs. The relative risk of antibiotic-related hepatotoxicity is low. Causality assessment of suspected drug-induced liver injury (DILI) related to antibiotics can be difficult, particularly because some cases occur long after the drug has been stopped. Among the...
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