The Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction: Revisited

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 231-237

  Belum, Geetanjali Reddy ^a   Belum, Viswanath Reddy ^a,b,d   Chaitanya Arudra, Sri Krishna ^c   Reddy, B S N ^a,d  

^a Skin and VD Clinic   (India)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^d Mamata Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Herxheimer; IRIS; Jarisch Herxheimer; Paradoxical reactions; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROMAZINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BODY TEMPERATURE; CELL INFILTRATION; CHILL; COMA; CONFUSION; CONVULSION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EXCITEMENT; FEVER; GONORRHEA; HALLUCINATION; HEADACHE; HEART FAILURE; HEMIPLEGIA; HERXHEIMER REACTION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALAISE; MANIA; PARANOIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHARYNGITIS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN EDEMA; SUDDEN DEATH; SWEATING; SYPHILIS; VASODILATATION; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; INFANT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INFANT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SYPHILIS;

EID: 84881476693     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2013.04.001     Document Type: Review

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