Prescribing Medications in Patients with Decompensated Liver Cirrhosis

Table 3

Antibiotics causing hepatotoxicity.

Hepatocellular injury	Cholestatic injury	Fulminant hepatic failure
Chloramphenicol, Clindamycin	Cephalosporins, Erythromycin	Sulfonamides, Trimethoprim—Sulfomethoxazole
Penicillin G, Amoxicillin	Penicillin G, Oxacillin, Cloxacillin	Ketoconazole, PAS, Trovafloxacin
Trimethoprim—Sulfomethoxazole	Floxacillin, Augmentin, Clarithromycin
Amphotericin, Hydroxystilbamidine	Nitrofurantoin, Trimethoprim—Sulfomethoxazole
Ketoconazole, Itraconazole	5-fluorocytosine, Griseofulvin
INH, Trovafloxacin, Oxacillin	Trovafloxacin, Thiabendazole