Possible levofloxacin-induced acute hepatocellular injury in a patient with chronic obstructive lung disease

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2088-2090

  Karim, Shahid ^a   Ahmed, Leonard J ^a   Rossoff, Leonard J ^a   Siddiqui, Rina K ^b   Steinberg, Harry N ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOFLOXACIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; OFLOXACIN; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 0035893203     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/338156     Document Type: Article

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