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Risk of Acute Liver Injury Associated with the Use of Moxifloxacin and Other Oral Antimicrobials: A Retrospective, Population-Based Cohort Study

J. Kaye, J. Castellsagué, Christine L. Bui, B. Calingaert, Lisa J. McQuay, N. Riera-Guàrdia, C. Saltus, S. Quinlan et al.

Pharmacotherapy, 2013

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Abstract

To estimate the incidence and relative risk of a hospitalization or emergency visit for noninfectious liver injury in users of eight oral antimicrobials—amoxicillin, amoxicillin‐clavulanic acid, clarithromycin, cefuroxime, doxycycline, levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, telithromycin—compared with nonusers of these antimicrobials.

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