A sixty-five-year-old man with rash, fever, and generalized weakness

Allergy and Asthma Proceedings

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Bajaj, Puneet ^a   Prematta, Michael Joseph ^a   Ghaffari, Gisoo ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN; PIPERACILLIN; STEROID; TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHEMA; FACE EDEMA; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; HYPOTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG AUSCULTATION; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RASH; SEPTIC SHOCK; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; TACHYCARDIA; WEAKNESS; WHEEZING;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EOSINOPHILIA; EXANTHEMA; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 79251624404     PISSN: 10885412     EISSN: 15396304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/aap.2011.32.3392     Document Type: Article

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