Infectious Disease Therapy
Pediatric Oxacillin Use Carries Heightened Risk of Liver Damage
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, January 8th, 2002
Dr. Nizar F. Maraqa and colleagues at the University of Florida Health Science Center in Jacksonville "compared adverse drug reactions (ADRs) to oxacillin with those to nafcillin and other antibiotics."
They found that oxacillin use carried a heightened risk of liver toxicity and other complications, according to their report in the January 2002 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases.
The researchers examined data from over 200 children who were treated with outpatient parenteral antimicrobial...
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