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Case Reports
. 2003 Sep;4(5):184-6.

Can roxithromycin and betamethasone induce acute pancreatitis? A case report

Pascal Renkes  1 , Nadine Petitpain, Françoise Cosserat, Sébastien Bangratz, Philippe Trechot
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  • PMID: 14526130
Case Reports

Can roxithromycin and betamethasone induce acute pancreatitis? A case report

Pascal Renkes et al. JOP. 2003 Sep.

Abstract

Context: Acute pancreatitis has been reported in a few cases treated with macrolides or glucocorticoids.

Case report: We report the case of a 58 year old patient who, after 2 days of treatment with roxithromycin and betamethasone, manifested acute pancreatitis. Other causes of the disease were ruled out. No re-occurrence of pancreatitis was observed in a 16 month follow-up.

Conclusion: Our case sheds new light on glucocorticoid pancreatotoxicity and confirms the role of macrolides as potential pancreatotoxic drugs.

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