Nitrofurantoin immune-mediated drug-induced liver injury: A serious complication of a commonly prescribed medication

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Hydes, Theresa ^a   Wright, Mark ^a   Jaynes, Eleanor ^a   Nash, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; BILIRUBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MICROSOME ANTIBODY; MITOCHONDRION ANTIBODY; NITROFURANTOIN; PREDNISOLONE; SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; JAUNDICE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; MYALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84898426005     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-203136     Document Type: Article

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