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. 2020 Jan 10;12(3):430–442. doi: 10.4168/aair.2020.12.3.430

Table 4. Incidence of DILI by causative agent.

Causative agents DILI (Number) Total No. of prescribed patients during the study period (Number) Crude incidence of DILI (%) per 1,000 prescribed patients* 95% CI
Piperacillin-tazobactam 38 12,001 3.2 2.2–4.2
Methotrexate 31 1,596 19.4 12.7–26.2
Acetaminophen 29 73,262 0.4 0.3–0.5
Ceftriaxone 25 21,838 1.2 0.7–1.6
TPN 24 26,591 0.9 0.5–1.3
Vancomycin 16 6,899 2.3 1.2–3.5
Meropenem 14 5,307 2.6 1.3–4.0
Cytosine arabinoside 11 597 18.4 7.6–29.2

DILI, drug-induced liver injury; CI, confidence interval; TPN, total parental nutrition.

*,†Prescribed patients were those who were prescribed the drug of interest more than once regardless of the occurrence of DILI.