Hepatic failure secondary to hepatitis due to amoxycilin-clavulanic acid. Treatment with corticoids [4];Insuficiencia hepática secundaria a hepatitis por amoxicilina-ácido clavulánico. Tratamiento con corticoides

Anales de Medicina Interna

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 551-552

  Ferrando Vela, J ^a   Sanz Moncasi, P ^a   Sevilla Redondo, G ^a   Figueras Villalba, P ^a   Martin Algora I ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ROYO VILLANOVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CORTICOSTEROID; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PREDNISONE;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; PREDNISONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036809446     PISSN: 02127199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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