Hepatitis from 5-methoxypsoralen occurring in a patient with previous flucloxacillin hepatitis
β Scribed by Robert B Stephens; Alan Cooper
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 48 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-8380
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β¦ Synopsis
SUMMARY
A 53βyearβold woman with psoriasis vulgaris was treated with oral 5βmethoxypsoralen and UVA photochemotherapy. After 40 treatments over 3 months she became unwell with hepatitis attributable to the psoralen. Six years earlier she developed cholestatic hepatitis to flucloxacillin. A previous history of drugβinduced reactions should be sought before prescribing further drugs with similar adverse effects.
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