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| A case report on drug induced pancreatitis due to levofloxacin and methylprednisolone | ||||||
| Balwinder Kaur Rekhi1, Srinath Reddy Mannem2, H.S. Rekhi3, Sushil Kumar Mittal4, Sahil Arora5, Sathya P.2, Ravitej Singh2, Kaushal Seth2 | ||||||
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1Associate Professor in Anaesthesia Department, Rajindra Hospital, Patiala.
2Resident in General Surgery Department, Rajindra Hospital, Patiala. 3Assistant Professor in General Surgery Department, Rajindra Hospital, Patiala. 4Professor in General Surgery Department, Rajindra Hospital, Patiala. 5Senior Resident in General Surgery Department, Rajindra Hospital, Patiala. | ||||||
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| Rekhi BK, Mannem SR, Rekhi HS, Mittal SK, Arora S, Sathya P, Singh R, Seth K. A case report on drug induced pancreatitis due to levofloxacin and methylprednisolone. Int J Case Rep Images 2017;8(1):62–65. |
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Abstract
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Introduction:
Acute pancreatitis is the acute inflammation of the pancreatic gland, attributed to a wide range of etiological factors. It is a well-known fact that approximately 80% of the causes are associated with cholelithiasis and alcohol abuse. However, the exact incidence of drug induced pancreatitis is difficult to determine due to the rare presentation, it requires larger, case-controlled studies to determine its incidence and prevalence. Up to 2% cases may be caused by drug.
Case Report: This is a case report focusing on a 26-year-old female patient who developed acute pancreatitis following administration of levofloxacin and methylprednisolone for treatment of pneumonitis in intensive care unit. Both the drugs appear to be responsible for pancreatitis because of temporal relationship between the administration of drug, onset of symptoms and improvement of clinical symptoms when drugs were stopped. Conclusion: Levofloxacin and methylprednisolone appears to be responsible for pancreatitis because of the temporal relationship between the administration of drug, onset and improvement of clinical symptoms when drugs were stopped. | |
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Keywords:
Acute pancreatitis, Drug induced pancreatitis. Levofloxacin, Methylprednisolone
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Author Contributions
Balwinder Kaur Rekhi – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Srinath Reddy Mannem – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published H. S. Rekhi – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Sushil Kumar Mittal – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Sahil Arora – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Sathya P. – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Ravitej Singh – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published Kaushal Seth – Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published |
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Guarantor of submission
The corresponding author is the guarantor of submission. |
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Conflict of interest
Authors declare no conflict of interest. |
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Copyright
© 2017 Balwinder Kaur Rekhi et al. This article is distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original author(s) and original publisher are properly credited. Please see the copyright policy on the journal website for more information. |
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