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Hindawi, Case Reports in Hepatology, (2011), p. 1-4, 2011

DOI: 10.1155/2011/314231

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A Case of Prolonged Cholestatic Hepatitis Induced by Azithromycin in a Young Woman

Journal article published in 2011 by Caterina Maggioli, Luca Santi ORCID, Giacomo Zaccherini, Vittoria Bevilacqua, Francesca Giunchi, Paolo Caraceni
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Abstract

Azithromycin, a semisynthetic macrolides, is frequently prescribed for the treatment of middle ear and upper respiratory tract infections, bronchitis, and community-acquired pneumonia. This antibiotic is usually well tolerated, and a rapid resolving cholestatic hepatitis has been described up to now only in six patients all, except one, over 65 years of age. We here report the case of a prolonged cholestatic hepatitis after administration of azithromycin in a young woman with no history of liver disease.