Kounis syndrome secondary to cefuroxime-axetil use in an octogenarian

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1757-1758

  Biteker, Murat ^a   Duran, Nilüfer Ekşi ^a   Biteker, Funda Sungur ^b   Gündüz, Sabahattin ^a   Gökdeniz, Tayyar ^a   Kaya, Hasan ^a   Astarcioǧlu, Mehmet Ali ^a   Özkan, Mehmet ^a  

^a KOSUYOLU HEART AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b DR LUTFI KIRDAR KARTAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; CREATINE KINASE MB; PREDNISOLONE; TROPONIN I; TRYPTASE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KOUNIS SYNDROME; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; MAST CELL; PRURITUS; RASH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFUROXIME; CORONARY VASOSPASM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; SYNDROME; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 51249106438     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01912.x     Document Type: Letter

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