"Ciprofloxacin-induced" bilateral rectus femoris tendon rupture

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 406-407

  Karistinos, Anastassios ^a,b   Paulos, Lonnie E ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluoroquinolones; Rectus femoris; Tendinopathy

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATITIS; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TENDON GRAFT; TENDON RUPTURE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RUPTURE; TENDINOPATHY; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 34548702209     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e31814c3e69     Document Type: Article

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