Levofloxacin-induced Achilles tendon rupture in a patient with systemic microscopic polyangiitis

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 217-219

  Sugimoto, Toshiro ^a   Kaneko, Hideto ^a   Deji, Naoko ^a   Koya, Daisuke ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Achilles tendinitis; Achilles tendon rupture; Fluoroquinolones; Microscopic polyangiitis; Steroid therapy

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CREATININE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE;

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; AGED; ANKLE PAIN; ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; TENDINITIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22144466607     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10165-005-0393-y     Document Type: Article

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