Ornidazole-induced liver damage: Report of three cases and review of the literature

Liver International

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 351-354

  Tabak, Fehmi ^a   Ozaras, Resat ^a   Erzin, Yusuf ^a   Celik, Aykut Ferhat ^a   Ozbay, Gulsen ^a   Senturk, Hakan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hepatitis; Nitroimidazole; Ornidazole

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; FLUCONAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; ORNIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTASIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER INJURY; MALAISE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PROTOZOON; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0141891444     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1478-3231.2003.00860.x     Document Type: Article

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