Acute liver failure following minocycline treatment - A case report and review of the literature

Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 771-775

  Kuhn, A ^a   Weiler Normann, C ^a   Schramm, C ^a   Kluge, S ^a   Behne, M J ^a   Lohse, A W ^a   Benten, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

acne; acute liver failure; immune mediated type I reaction; minocycline

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ANTITHROMBIN III; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DIPYRONE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MINOCYCLINE; POLIDOCANOL; PREDNISOLONE; TRIAMCINOLONE; TRICLOSAN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN DIALYSIS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOFILTRATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMPETIGO; LEUKOCYTE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALAISE; PARACENTESIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; RASH; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; ROSACEA; SIDE EFFECT; SPLENOMEGALY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MINOCYCLINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864947471     PISSN: 00442771     EISSN: 14397803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1299443     Document Type: Review

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