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Published on: June 28, 2021
Metronidazole-induced acute pancreatitis
W A Corey1, B N Doebbeling, K J DeJong
1Department of Internal Medicine and Research Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa.
Abstract:
Three cases of metronidazole-induced acute pancreatitis have been reported recently in three women who were being treated for nonspecific vaginitis. We report the fourth such case in a 63-year-old woman with long-standing Crohn's disease who developed acute pancreatitis that was temporally associated with the initiation of metronidazole therapy for a rectovaginal fistula. No other risk factors for pancreatitis were identified except for possibly Crohn's disease itself. We review the literature with regard to metronidazole-induced acute pancreatitis and suggest a possible mechanism. Metronidazole should be considered as a possible cause of acute pancreatitis, and its use should be discontinued if no other risk factor is found.
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