Gholson C F, Warren G H
Department of Medicine, St Francis Medical Center, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Arch Intern Med. 1990 Jan;150(1):215-6.
Fatal fulminant hepatic failure accompanied by brisk hemolysis developed in an elderly man after intravenous administration of erythromycin lactobionate for a lower respiratory infection. To our knowledge, this is the first case of fatal hepatotoxicity associated with intravenous erythromycin therapy. Erythromycin should be added to the list of drugs that can cause fulminant hepatic failure.
