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ArticleDrug, healthcare and patient safety2018

Clinical factors predicting drug-induced liver injury due to flucloxacillin.

Mikaela Lindh, Pär Hallberg, Qun-Ying Yue, Mia Wadelius

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Article in Drug, healthcare and patient safety, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mikaela LindhDepartment of Medical Sciences, Clinical Pharmacology and Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, mia.wadelius@medsci.uu.se.
Pär HallbergDepartment of Medical Sciences, Clinical Pharmacology and Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, mia.wadelius@medsci.uu.se.
Qun-Ying YueSwedish Medical Products Agency, Uppsala, Sweden.
Mia WadeliusDepartment of Medical Sciences, Clinical Pharmacology and Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, mia.wadelius@medsci.uu.se.
Uppsala University · SEMedical Products Agency · SE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesDrug-induced liver injury (DILI) is a serious adverse reaction due to flucloxacillin. The pathogenesis is not fully understood. Female sex, age over 60 years, and a longer treatment duration have been suggested to be predisposing factors. Carriers of HLA-B*57:01 have an 80-fold increased risk, but due to the rarity of the reaction, testing of all patients is not cost-effective. We aimed to validate and detect clinical risk factors for flucloxacillin DILI.

methodsClinical characteristics of flucloxacillin-treated patients with (n=50) and without DILI (n=2,330) were compared in a retrospective case control study. Cases were recruited from the Swedish database of spontaneously reported adverse drug reactions. Treated controls were selected from the Swedish Twin Registry. Statistical comparisons were made using chi-squared test and logistic regression. The significance threshold was set to

resultsDILI was associated with female sex, OR 2.79, 95% CI 1.50-5.17,

conclusionWe established female sex as a risk factor for flucloxacillin-induced DILI, and a history of kidney stones was identified as a potential risk factor. Clinical risk factors for flucloxacillin-induced DILI could be used to indicate whom to test for HLA-B*57:01 before treatment.

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alanine transaminasebilirubinchemical and drug induced liver injurydrug-related side effects and adverse reactionsfloxacillin

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PMID30538582
PMCPMC6254585
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