Abstract
Background: Toxic hepatitis may clinically manifest as other diseases of the liver, where it must always be considered in differential diagnoses of unexplained liver damage, such as poisoning with kombucha tea.Case report: 47-year old female patient was hospitalized and has consumed daily ounces of kombucha tea. During hospitalization patient was diagnosed with toxic hepatitis and treated with intravenous solutions of hepatic protective and ursodeoxycholic-acid (effective therapy). Conclusion: Examinations showed that kombucha tea has potential to revert the CCl4-induced hepatic toxicity, but used in overdose can induce toxicity himself.
Highlights
Investigation of adverse reactions toxic substances in the liver is a challenge of modern hepatology
Toxic hepatitis may clinically manifest as other diseases of the liver, where it must always be considered in differential diagnoses of unexplained liver damage, such as poisoning with kombucha tea
During hospitalization patient was diagnosed with toxic hepatitis and treated with intravenous solutions of hepatic protective and ursodeoxycholic-acid
Summary
Zoran Kovacevic1*, Goran Davidovic, Jelena Vuckovic-Filipovic, Mirjana A. Janicijevic-Petrovic, Katarina Janicijevic, Andrijana Popovic3 1Clinic for Internal Medicine, Clinical Centre of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia; 2Clinic of Cardiology, Clinical Centre of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia; 3Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia. Received: 18-Oct-2013; Revised: 13-Dec2013; Accepted: 14-Dec-2013; Online first: 22-Dec-2013
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