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AI InsightIn this article, we present the case of a 48-year-old male patient with chronic liver disease due to HBV, scheduled for transplantation, who developed acute pancreatitis following tigecycline administration for cellulitis and lymphedema of the left leg.
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Abstract
Tigecycline is a broad-spectrum antibiotic used in the treatment of resistant bacterial infections. One of its rare adverse effects is acute pancreatitis. In this article, we present the case of a 48-year-old male patient with chronic liver disease due to HBV, scheduled for transplantation, who developed acute pancreatitis following tigecycline administration for cellulitis and lymphedema of the left leg.
Özet
Tigecycline, dirençli bakteriyel enfeksiyonların tedavisinde kullanılan geniş spektrumlu bir antibiyotiktir. Nadir görülen yan etkilerinden biri akut pankreatittir. Bu yazıda, HBV’ye bağlı kronik karaciğer hastalığı nedeniyle nakil planlanan 48 yaşında, erkek hastada sol bacağında lenfödem ve sellülit nedeniyle tigecycline kullanımına bağlı gelişen akut pankreatit olgusu sunulmuştur.