Achilles tendon rupture associated with combination therapy of levofloxacin and steroid in four patients and a review of the literature

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1287-1289

  Parmar, Chetan ^a   Hennessy, Michael ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANKLE PAIN; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAST APPLICATION; CAST REMOVAL; CHEST INFECTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENDON SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACHILLES TENDON; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CASTS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFLOXACIN; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PREDNISOLONE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; WALKERS;

EID: 37049009340     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI.2007.1287     Document Type: Article

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