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.

Ceftriaxone; Cholelithiasis; Lithiasis