drug-induced liver injury; DILI
The diagnosis of drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is a challenging problem, often confounded by incomplete clinical information and the difficulty of eliciting exposure to herbal products, over-the-counter agents and toxins.
The task is further rendered difficult on biopsy, as drugs can mimic all the patterns found in primary liver disease.
The drug-induced acute hepatitis, with or without cholestasis, is the most common histological pattern of DILI, and (...)
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hepatic drug-induced injury
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tetanus
15 March 2009Tetanus, also called lockjaw, is a medical condition characterized by a prolonged contraction of skeletal muscle fibers. The primary symptoms are caused by tetanospasmin, a neurotoxin produced by the Gram-positive, obligate anaerobic bacterium Clostridium tetani.
Infection generally occurs through wound contamination, and often involves a cut or deep puncture wound. As the infection progresses, muscle spasms in the jaw develop, hence the name lockjaw. This is followed by difficulty in (...) -
minocycline-induced hepatitis
16 June 2005minocycline-induced autoimmune hepatitis
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staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
5 February 2006SSSS, Ritter disease