1. Prolonged course of eravacycline leading to acute pancreatitis.
- Author
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Stefanos SS, Davis L, Panwala A, Gelfand MS, Animalu CN, and Cutshall BT
- Subjects
- Male, Humans, Middle Aged, Acute Disease, Anti-Bacterial Agents adverse effects, Tetracyclines adverse effects, Tetracycline adverse effects, Lipase adverse effects, Pancreatitis chemically induced
- Abstract
Eravacycline is the newest member of the broad-spectrum class of tetracycline antimicrobials. Pancreatitis has been previously associated with the tetracycline class of antibiotics, but, to our knowledge, we believe that this is the first reported case of eravacycline-induced pancreatitis. We describe a 46-year-old male who received eravacycline for treatment of a perirectal abscess. While the patient had slightly elevated lipase levels at baseline post-cardiopulmonary arrest, he developed abdominal pain and a further increase in lipase levels following 10 days of eravacycline, consistent with pancreatitis. Based on the Naranjo adverse drug reaction probability scale, eravacycline was the probable etiology of acute pancreatitis given improvement immediately after discontinuation. Clinicians should be aware of this potential adverse effect of eravacycline and should not initiate eravacycline in those with risk factors for acute pancreatic injury. However, acute pancreatitis should be suspected in all patients complaining of symptoms followed by immediate discontinuation of eravacycline., Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The author has no financial or other conflicts of interest to disclose., (Copyright © 2023 Southern Society for Clinical Investigation. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2023
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