Sudden sensorineural hearing loss following intramuscular administration of penicillin

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 143-145

  Escada, Pedro Alberto ^a,c   Capucho, Clara ^a   Madeira Da Silva, José Francisco ^b  

^a Hospital de Egas   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL EGAS MONIZ   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Hearing Loss; Penicillins; Sudden; Tonsillitis

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PROCAINE PENICILLIN; STEROID;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; BRONCHOSPASM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCHLEA INJURY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRURITUS; RASH; RECURRENT DISEASE; TONSILLITIS; URTICARIA; VERTIGO;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; PENICILLIN G, BENZATHINE; PENICILLIN G, PROCAINE; PENICILLINS; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 1342343949     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002221504772784612     Document Type: Article

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