Cefuroxime axetil-induced liver failure

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 306-

  Ekiz, Fuat ^a   Üsküdar, Oǧuz ^a   Şimşek, Zahide ^a   Yüksel, Ilhami ^a   Başar, Ömer ^a   Altinbas, Akif ^a   Yüksel, Osman ^a  

^a Diskapi Yildirim Beyazid Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFUROXIME; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; TOXIC HEPATITIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFUROXIME; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79952010350     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31645-x     Document Type: Letter

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