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

Zoran Kovacevic; Goran Davidovic; Jelena Vuckovic-Filipovic; Mirjana A. Janicijevic-Petrovic; Katarina Janicijevic; Andrijana Popovic

doi:10.3889/oamjms.2014.023

Authors

Zoran Kovacevic Clinic for Internal Medicine, Clinical Centre of Kragujevac, Kragujevac
Goran Davidovic Clinic of Cardiology, Clinical Centre of Kragujevac, Kragujevac
Jelena Vuckovic-Filipovic Clinic of Cardiology, Clinical Centre of Kragujevac, Kragujevac
Mirjana A. Janicijevic-Petrovic Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac
Katarina Janicijevic Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac
Andrijana Popovic Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2014.023

Keywords:

kombucha tea, toxic hepatitis, diagnoses, therapy, ursodeoxycholic-acid.

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).Â

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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