Case Report
Nitrofurantoin: Is a Rare Cause of Autoimmune Hepatitis
Makhoul E1*, Chelala A2 and Elias E21Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Notre Dame de Secours, Byblos, Lebanon
2Department of Internal medicine, University Hospital Notre Dame de Secours, Byblos, Lebanon
- *Corresponding Author:
- Makhoul E
MD, Department of Internal Medicine/Hepato-Biliary & Pancreas Division
Faculty of medicine and sciences Holy spirit University
University hospital Notre Dame De Secours Jbeil, BP: 3 Byblos Lebanon
Tel: +9613711787
E-mail: eliemakhoul@hotmail.com
Received date: November 13, 2015, Accepted date: December 24, 2015, Published date: January 02, 2016
Citation: Makhoul E, Chelala A, Elias E (2016) Nitrofurantoin: Is a Rare Cause of Autoimmune Hepatitis. J Gastrointest Dig Syst 6:375. doi:10.4172/2161-069X.1000375
Copyright: © 2016 Makhoul E, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Auto-immune hepatitis is of unknown origin. The detection of non-organ and liverrelatedautoantibodies in the absence of viral, toxic, metabolic and genetic causes constitutes the hallmark for the diagnosis.