Adverse Drug Reaction

Antibiotic linked to severe liver problems

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, February 13th, 2006

Three case reports of liver problems after taking the antibiotic telithromycin (Ketek) have been described from one North Carolina medical center.

Physicians at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte said that one of the patients died; one required and received a liver transplant; and the third recovered from drug-induced hepatitis after the antibiotic was stopped.

Their report will be published in the March 21, 2006, print edition of Annals of Internal Medicine. It was released early online January 20, 2006 (www.acponline.org/journals/annals/hepatotoxicity.htm).

"These cases could represent an unusual clustering of a rare,...

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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2006-02-13)

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