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Background: In this manuscript, we report a case of tacrolimus-associated hepatotoxicity in a kidney transplant recipient.

Case Presentation: In this case report, a 56 years old Arab male patient who received a kidney transplant presented with icterus, weakness, and lethargy two weeks after transplantation and tacrolimus initiation. In laboratory analysis hyperbilirubinemia and a rise in hepatic enzymes were observed.

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Drug-induced liver injury after liver transplant occurs in 1.7% of patients. Tacrolimus is an effective immunosuppressant that is used to treat acute rejection.

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Rare data reported tacrolimus-induced liver injury (tac-DILI) in real world. We performed a nested case-control analysis of 1,010 renal transplant recipients. Recipients with tac-DILI were randomly matched at a ratio of 1:4 by the year of admission to the remaining recipients without tac-DILI to explore risk factors.

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Tacrolimus-induced severe cholestasis complicating renal transplantation.

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Department of Nephrology and Clinical Transplantation, Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Center, Dr. HL Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences, Ahmedabad, India.

Tacrolimus, a calcineurin inhibitor, is a potent immunosuppressive agent used by a majority of transplanters across the globe. Its adverse effects include nephrotoxicity, neurotoxicity, new onset diabetes after transplant, gastro-intestinal toxicity, hepatotoxicity, and thrombotic microangiopathy. Tacrolimus-induced hepatotoxicity is a very uncommon side effect.

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