Nifuroxazide-induced acute pancreatitis : a new side-effect for an old drug ?
| Journal | Volume 70 - 2007 |
| Issue | Fasc.1 - Case reports |
| Author(s) | Akilimali Shindano, Liliane Marot, André P. Geubel |
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| Dept. of Gastroenterology and Dermatology, St. Luc University Hospital, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium. |
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We report the case of a middle-aged woman who developed a typical picture of acute pancreatitis together with systemic fea- tures of immunoallergy after the intake of two capsules (200 mg) of nifuroxazide. Even if acute pancreatitis is a rare adverse event of nitrofuran derivative therapy, nifuroxazide-induced pancreati- tis as not been previously described. As suggested by associated systemic features, the disease is likely of immunoallergic origin. (Acta gastroenterol. belg., 2007, 70, 32-33). |
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