Acute liver failure due to fluconazole and ornidazole usage
| Journal | Volume 78 - 2015 |
| Issue | Fasc.1 - Letters |
| Author(s) | Yusuf Kayar, Medine Ismailova, Sebnem Emegil, Ahmet Danalioglu, Hakan Senturk |
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| (1) Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, (2) Department of Internal Medicine, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey. |
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24-year-old female patient was admitted with jaundice, itching and abdominal distention. The patient was puted on fluconazole 150 mg/day, ornidazol 1500 mg/day therapy with the diagnosis of vaginitis. On the fifth day of the treatment the patient stopped treatment because of nausea and vomiting. 15 days after the ongoing com- plaints, jaundice, pruritus and abdominal swelling was developed and the patients was hospitalized. Physical examination revealed icterus, ascites. There was no hepatosplenomegaly. |
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