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Multiplex Therapeutic Drug Monitoring by Isotope-dilution HPLC-MS/MS of Antibiotics in Critical Illnesses
Published on: August 30, 2018
[Clinical case of the month. Cholestatic hepatitis after administration of piperacillin]
M A Dietze1, P Martin, N Schaaf-Lafontaine
1Service de Gastroentérologie, Clinique Saint Joseph, Liège.
Abstract:
We describe a patient suffering from infection of the upper respiratory tract, who was treated with a dose of 4 x 4 g of piperacillin over 10 days. Two days after the end of the treatment, she developed jaundice and had elevated alkaline phosphatase, gammaglutamyltransferase and transaminases. After exclusion of viral hepatitis, a vascular problem, and gall stone disease, the possibility of piperacillin-induced hepatitis was discussed. Lymphocyte transformation test for piperacillin was positive, suggesting an immunological mechanism for the observed hepatopathy. The patient was discharged a few days after in good clinical condition and with reduced liver values. Cholestasis gradually decreased but was detectable for several weeks. The patient had a full clinical and biochemical recovery after 2 months. We conclude that short-term therapy with piperacillin can lead to the same type of hepatopathy as described for amoxycillin/clavulanic acid or antistaphylococcal penicillins. Positive lymphocyte transformation is compatible with an immunological mechanism.
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