Levofloxacin-associated Achilles tendon rupture

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 37, Issue 7-8, 2003, Pages 1014-1017

  Mathis, A Scott ^a,b   Chan, Vicky ^d   Gryszkiewicz, Margaret ^d   Adamson, Robert T ^c   Friedman, Gary S ^d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Saint Barnabas Health Care System   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Fluoroquinolone; Levofloxacin; Tendon rupture

Indexed keywords

LEVOFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STEROID;

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGE; AGED; ANKLE PAIN; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEHYDRATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0037765140     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1C505     Document Type: Article

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