Asymptomatic liver injury due to erythromycin stearate

A 73-year-old woman with rosacea, who had started treatment with erythromycin stearate 2 g/d, developed asymptomatic liver injury. The drug was discontinued and the laboratory findings of liver damage disappeared within 11 days. This is the first report of erythromycin stearate-induced asymptomatic hepatotoxicity.