Kounis syndrome caused by metronidazole - A case of 14 year-old boy

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 179, Issue , 2015, Pages 222-224

  Terlemez, S ^a   Eryilmaz, U ^a   Tokgoz Y ^a   Uysal, P ^a   Cosan A ^b   Bulut, Y ^a  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AydIn Zübeyde HanIm Maternity and Children Hospital Department of Pediatrics   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Kounis syndrome; Metronidazole

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; METRONIDAZOLE; MORPHINE SULFATE; SALICYLIC ACID; TROPONIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDRATION; KOUNIS SYNDROME; MALE; RASH; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TACHYPNEA; THORAX PAIN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE;

EID: 84920658842     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.11.049     Document Type: Article

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