Case report: Ofloxacin-induced hypersensitivity vasculitis

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 311, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 82-83

  Pipek, Ruben ^a   Vulfsons, Simon ^a   Wolfovitz, Efrat ^a   Har Shai, Yaron ^a   Taran, Amir ^a   Peled, Itzhak J ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Drugs; Hypersensitivity; Ofloxacin; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

OFLOXACIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DYSURIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0030056260     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-199602000-00005     Document Type: Article

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