Case Report on Drug Induced Pancreatitis due to Levofloxacin and Methylprednisolone
Keywords:
Acute pancreatitis, Drug induced pancreatitis, Levofloxacin, MethylprednisoloneAbstract
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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