ERYTHROMYCIN-INDUCED ACUTE-PANCREATITIS

Authors
FANG CC WANG HP LIN JT
Citation
Cc. Fang et al., ERYTHROMYCIN-INDUCED ACUTE-PANCREATITIS, Journal of toxicology. Clinical toxicology, 34(1), 1996, pp. 93-95
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Toxicology
Journal title
Journal of toxicology. Clinical toxicology → ACNP
ISSN journal
07313810
Volume
34
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
93 - 95
Database
ISI
SICI code
0731-3810(1996)34:1<93:EA>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Background: Pancreatitis due to ingestion of erythromycin is rare. Cas e Report: A 20-year-old woman took erythromycin 3 g and acetaminophen 6 g before a tooth extraction. Forty minutes later, she experienced se vere abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. The serum amylase and lipas e were elevated. She recovered from the pancreatitis without sequelae after supportive treatment. Conclusion: This is the fourth reported ca se of erythromycin-induced acute pancreatitis in the English literatur e.