Tendon disorders attributed to fluoroquinolones: A study on 42 spontaneous reports in the period 1988 to 1998

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 235-239

  Van Der Linden, Paul D ^a   Van Puijenbroek, Eugène P ^b   Feenstra, Johan ^c   In T Veld, Bas A ^a   Sturkenboom, Miriam C J M ^b   Herings, Ron M C ^c   Leufkens, Hubert G M ^c   Ch Stricker, Bruno H ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Netherlands Pharmacovigilance Foundation   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon rupture; Ciprofloxacin; Fluoroquinolones; Norfloxacin; Ofloxacin; Pefloxacin; Tendinitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PEFLOXACIN; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; RISK FACTOR; TENDINITIS; TENDON DISEASE; TENDON RUPTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034800321     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(200106)45:3<235::aid-art254>3.0.co;2-7     Document Type: Article

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