Hepatitis due to nitrofurantoin.
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To report three cases of hepatitis related to the use of nitrofurantoin. CLINICAL FEATURES: Two patients who had been taking nitrofurantoin for several years, presented with severe liver failure. In both, the drug had been continued despite evidence of liver injury. A third patient presented with acute hepatitis after six weeks of nitrofurantoin therapy. INTERVENTION AND OUTCOME: One of the patients with liver failure died and the other underwent a successful liver transplantation. The third patient recovered after withdrawal of the drug. CONCLUSION: These cases emphasise the potential for serious hepatic reactions with nitrofurantoin, the danger of continuing the drug once liver damage has occurred and the need for careful monitoring of liver function during long-term therapy.