Rupture of multiple tendons after levofloxacin therapy

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 586-587

  Braun, Denis ^a   Petitpain, Nadine ^b   Cosserat, Françoise ^b   Loeuille, Damien ^c   Bitar, Suleiman ^a   Gillet, Pierre ^b,c   Trechot, Philippe ^b  

^a Maillot Hospital   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^c CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

Author keywords

Fluoroquinolones; Levofloxacin; Tendon rupture

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ASASANTINE; BUDESONIDE; CARBOCISTEINE; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUNISOLIDE; LATANOPROST; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PEFLOXACIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERAPAMIL; VINBURNINE;

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; AGED; AGING; ANKLE PAIN; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPOTENSION; LIMB PAIN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALE; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; TENDON LESION; TENDON RUPTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; OFLOXACIN; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 10344222106     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2003.10.016     Document Type: Article

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