title: [Cholelithiasis associated with the use of ceftriaxone].
abstract: A seven-year-old boy treated with ceftriaxone for meningitis who presented a right upper quadrant abdominal pain associated with cholelithiasis. After three months he was symptom-free and abdominal ultrasonography was normal. Awareness of this phenomenon is highly important and can save many unnecessary cholecystectomies.
authors.affiliation: Departamento Materno-Infantil, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Teresina, PI.
authors.forename: Dorcas Lamounier
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Marcílio Diogo de O
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Barbosa
authors.forename: Márcio Tiago de O
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Barbosa
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002443:Ceftriaxone