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A Toxic Hepatitis Caused the Kombucha Tea â€“ Case Report

Author(s) -

Zoran Kovačević,

Goran Davidović,

Jelena Vučković-Filipović,

Mirjana Janićijević-Petrović,

Katarina Janićijević,

Andrijana Popovic

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

open access macedonian journal of medical sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.288

H-Index - 17

ISSN - 1857-9655

DOI - 10.3889/oamjms.2014.023

Subject(s) - medicine , toxic hepatitis , toxicity , ursodeoxycholic acid , liver toxicity , hepatitis , liver damage , liver injury , gastroenterology

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

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