A case of prolonged cholestatic hepatitis induced by azithromycin in a young woman

Case Reports Hepatol. 2011:2011:314231. doi: 10.1155/2011/314231. Epub 2012 Jan 11.

Abstract

Azithromycin, a semisynthetic macrolides, is frequently prescribed for the treatment of middle ear and upper respiratory tract infections, bronchitis, and community-acquired pneumonia. This antibiotic is usually well tolerated, and a rapid resolving cholestatic hepatitis has been described up to now only in six patients all, except one, over 65 years of age. We here report the case of a prolonged cholestatic hepatitis after administration of azithromycin in a young woman with no history of liver disease.