The top ten single agents implicated as the cause of drug induced liver injury registered in the Drug Induced Liver Injury Network (DILIN) between 2004 and 2013 were from what therapeutic class?
The top ten individual drugs were all antimicrobials, with amoxicillin-clavulanate the most frequently implicated. (Chalasani N et. al. Features and outcomes of 899 patients with drug-induced liver injury: The DILIN prospective study. Gastroenterology. 2015 Jun; 148(7): 1340–1352.e7.)
Submitted by M. Hodgman, MD on behalf of the Herbs and Dietary Supplements Special Interest Section
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