CASE-REPORT - OFLOXACIN-INDUCED HYPERSENSITIVITY VASCULITIS

Authors
PIPEK R VULFSONS S WOLFOVITZ E HARSHAI Y TARAN A PELED IJ
Citation
R. Pipek et al., CASE-REPORT - OFLOXACIN-INDUCED HYPERSENSITIVITY VASCULITIS, The American journal of the medical sciences, 311(2), 1996, pp. 82-83
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
The American journal of the medical sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029629
Volume
311
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
82 - 83
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9629(1996)311:2<82:C-OHV>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Since its introduction in 1985, the new fluoroquinolone antibiotic ofl oxacin has gained widespread use, and much information has accumulated about its possible adverse effects, Skin reactions have been uncommon , and there have been very few reports about hypersensitivity vasculit is directly related to ofloxacin, The authors report such a case, in w hich the patient needed plastic surgery because of severe vasculitis i n both legs.