Liver Disease Due to Nitrofurantoin

Nitrofurantoin Induced Liver Injury

Drug induced liver injury is a recognised cause of acute liver failure. A wide range of drugs have been implicated, of which the most common are Paracetamol and antibiotics. Nitrofurantoin is a commonly prescribed antimicrobial which may cause liver injury from either acute or chronic exposure. This complication was thought to occur with an extremely low incidence; however recent data suggests ...

Biloma due to blunt liver trauma

Background: Biloma is a rare abnormal localized accumulation of bile out of biliary tree due to an injury. It has different non-specific clinical features and its diagnosis is based on clinical signs, radiologic findings and chemical analysis of aspirated liquid. Considering the non-specific clinical features, early diagnosis and treatment can have an effective role in the decrease of complicat...

Allergic tracheobronchitis due to nitrofurantoin sensitivity. Report of a case.

Nitrofurantoin-induced acute liver damage in pregnancy.

This article presents a rare case of acute toxic hepatitis in thirty-one-year old primigravida. In the 36th week of gestation, the patient was introduced nitrofurantoin 100 mg a day due to symptoms of dysuria and enterococcus isolated from urine culture. After induced delivery at term because of hypertension, repeated laboratory findings showed increased aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and ala...

Liver Disease Due to Schistosoma Guineensis - a Review*

No 37. 50. Grácio A, Machado J, Lima C. Neurological schistosomiasis: report of two cases. Oxford 2000 (UK) New Challenges in Tropical Medicine and Parasitology. Poster Abstract No 369. 51. Murinello A, Gonçalves A, Loureiro Ma, van-Dunen F, Alvarenga J, Campos C, Lázaro A, Milheiro A, Carvalho A. Schistosomíase. Aspectos clínicos e histopatológicos da doença (Portuguese). Rev Gastrenterol Ciru...