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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Hepatotoxicity and Antimicrobial Resistance to Amoxicillin and Amoxicillin/Clavulanic Acid: Data Analysis from EudraVigilance.

Ilaria Ammendolia, Carmen Mannucci, Emanuela Esposito, Gioacchino Calapai, Mariaconcetta Currò, Paola Midiri, Luigi Cardia, Fabrizio Calapai

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Ilaria AmmendoliaDepartment of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, 98122 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4075-8065
Carmen MannucciDepartment of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina, 98122 Messina, Italy.
Emanuela EspositoDepartment of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, 98122 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2663-6387
Gioacchino CalapaiDepartment of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, 98122 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8116-4821
Mariaconcetta CurròDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, 98122 Messina, Italy.
Paola MidiriDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, 98122 Messina, Italy.
Luigi CardiaDepartment of Human Pathology of Adult and Childhood "Gaetano Barresi", University of Messina, 98122 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7286-5674
Fabrizio CalapaiDepartment of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina, 98122 Messina, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amoxicillin is widely prescribed, either as a monotherapy or in combination with clavulanic acid, with its therapeutic indications including a broad range of infections. Its combination with clavulanic acid maintains its known activity against strains producing β-lactamase. There are limited studies on adverse reactions and antibiotic resistance, with researchers relying primarily on databanks that report spontaneous events caused by amoxicillin or the combination of amoxicillin/clavulanic acid. Antimicrobial resistance is an overlooked adverse event, and pharmacovigilance databases could serve as a tool in tracking resistance. On this basis, a study to define the safety profile of amoxicillin and amoxicillin/clavulanic acid and to increase the knowledge necessary to support the battle against antimicrobial resistance was undertaken through the analysis of pharmacovigilance databases. Suspected adverse reactions to amoxicillin and to the combination of amoxicillin/clavulanic acid in the data system EudraVigilance (2020-2024) were analyzed. The most frequent alerts concerned "Skin and subcutaneous disorders" for both drugs. Disproportionate analysis of cases concerning "Hepatobiliary disorders" or "Drug inefficiency" indicates a significant increase in these alerts with the amoxicillin/clavulanic acid combination compared to amoxicillin. The amoxicillin/clavulanic acid combination has previously been associated with a higher risk of hepatotoxicity and antibiotic resistance to amoxicillin/clavulanic acid; however, this is the first time that a post-marketing surveillance study has shown that antimicrobial resistance is more likely to occur with the combination in comparison to amoxicillin alone.

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AmoxicillinAmoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate CombinationAnti-Bacterial AgentsChemical and Drug Induced Liver InjuryDrug Resistance, BacterialAdultAgedClavulanic AcidData AnalysisFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPharmacovigilanceAmoxicillinAmoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate CombinationAnti-Bacterial AgentsClavulanic Acidadverse reactionsamoxicillinamoxicillin/clavulanic acidantibiotic resistanceantimicrobial resistancehepatotoxicityliver toxicitypharmacovigilance

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