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Antibiotics Administration and its Possible Liver Damage

CEC Ejike, EO Alumanah, LUS Ezeanyika, A. A. Ngene, EO Ojefua

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The effect of antibiotics on two liver enzymes – serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) also known as glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) and serum alkaline phosphatase (ALP) – was studied in a population of adults in Nsukka, Enugu state Nigeria. Standard clinical methods were used for the assays. The results show statistically significant increase (p0.05) between the means of both ALT and ALP for the different sexes. There were however, statistically significant differences (p

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Key concepts: Alkaline phosphatase, Transaminase, Antibiotics, Alanine aminotransferase, Alanine transaminase, Population, Enzyme, Liver enzyme