Kounis Syndrome secondary to amoxicillin/clavulanic acid use in a child

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Biteker, Murat ^a   Duran, Nilüfer Ekşi ^a   Biteker, Funda Sungur ^b   Ertürk, Emre ^a   Aykan, Ahmet Çaǧri ^a   Civan, Hasret Ayyildiz ^b   Özkan, Mehmet ^a  

^a KOSUYOLU HEART AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

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

Author keywords

Amoxicillin clavulanic acid; Child; Kounis Syndrome

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL ACTIVATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY ARTERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; KOUNIS SYNDROME; MALE; MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; VASOSPASM;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; AMOXICILLIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 67649878996     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.04.064     Document Type: Article

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