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| Year : 2011 | Volume
: 43
| Issue : 4 | Page : 474-475 |
Cholestatic hepatitis with intravenous ceftriaxone
Inderpal Kaur1, Jatinder Singh2
1 Department of Surgery, Government Medical College, Amritsar, Punjab, India
2 Department of Pharmacology, Government Medical College, Amritsar, Punjab, India
Correspondence Address:
Inderpal Kaur
Department of Surgery, Government Medical College, Amritsar, Punjab
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.83133
Drug-induced liver injury is a major health problem. Its predominant forms include acute hepatitis, cholestasis, and a mixed pattern. Ceftriaxone is a third-generation cephalosporin and is widely used in the postoperative period due to its wider spectrum, longer half-life, and better tissue penetrability. Earlier cases of high aminotransferase levels and hepatitis have also been reported with the use of ceftriaxone. Here we report a case of cholestatic hepatitis with intravenous ceftriaxone.
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