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Philips CA, Chooracken MJ, Mahadevan P, et al. S(n)orting Out the Problem: Fever of Unknown Origin and Unexplained Abnormal Transaminases in a Young Male. Cureus. 2017;9(8):e1543doi: 10.7759/cureus.1543.
Philips, C. A., Chooracken, M. J., Mahadevan, P., & Augustine, P. (2017). S(n)orting Out the Problem: Fever of Unknown Origin and Unexplained Abnormal Transaminases in a Young Male. Cureus, 9(8), e1543. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1543
Philips, Cyriac A, et al. "S(n)orting Out the Problem: Fever of Unknown Origin and Unexplained Abnormal Transaminases in a Young Male." Cureus vol. 9,8 (2017): e1543. doi: https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1543
Philips CA, Chooracken MJ, Mahadevan P, Augustine P. S(n)orting Out the Problem: Fever of Unknown Origin and Unexplained Abnormal Transaminases in a Young Male. Cureus. 2017 Aug 05;9(8):e1543. doi: 10.7759/cureus.1543. PMID: 32175214; PMCID: PMC7053802.
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Cureus. 2017 Aug 05;9(8):e1543. doi: 10.7759/cureus.1543.

S(n)orting Out the Problem: Fever of Unknown Origin and Unexplained Abnormal Transaminases in a Young Male.

Cureus

Cyriac A Philips, Mathews J Chooracken, Pushpa Mahadevan, Philip Augustine

Affiliations

  1. Gastroenterology, Cochin Gastroenterology Group, Kochi, IND.
  2. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Chazhikatu Hospital, Thodupuzha, IND.
  3. Pathology, VPS Lakeshore Hospital, Kochi, IND.

PMID: 32175214 PMCID: PMC7053802 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.1543

Abstract

Cocaine-induced toxicity is seldom described in humans and interesting interactions with other 'recreational' drugs are rarely presented, mostly in animal models. We present an interesting and rare case of a young male with a fever of unknown origin and elevated transaminases in whom the cause was found to be secondary to drug-induced liver injury, confirmed on liver histopathology, related to cocaine abuse.

Copyright © 2017, Philips et al.

Keywords: cocaine; dili; hepatitis; hepatotoxicity; mdma

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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