Fluoroquinolones and tendon rupture. (Antibiotic Therapy and Antibiotic Resistance).Deresinki, Stan
Discussion We applied a novel, validated metric to a unique dataset of manually collected data from hospitalized patients treated for CAP and found that approximately 1 in 8 patients were inappropriately diagnosed. Most hospitals inappropriately diagnosed more than 10% of patients. Patient...
Levofloxacin as well as other antibiotics in the fluoroquinolone class of antibiotics have been associated with tendinitis and even rupture of tendons, particularly the Achilles tendon. Fluoroquinolones have neuromuscular blocking activity and can worsen muscle weakness in individuals with myasthenia gravis. ...
Fluoroquinolones black box warning is tendon rupture Why is bactrim avoided in pregnancy it causes Kernicterus= buildup of bilirubin -fetus and newborns cannot metabolize the excess bilirubin A pregnant woman can be given what abx in place of Bactrim for a UTI Nitrofurantoin (as long as shes ...
No differences in cardiac safety profile have been observed between levofloxacin and moxifloxacin, but the latter causes QTc prolongation [59]. Several studies have indicated that fluoroquinolone use may be associated with an increased risk of aortic aneurysm or dissection [46], [59]. No studies ...
Discussion We applied a novel, validated metric to a unique dataset of manually collected data from hospitalized patients treated for CAP and found that approximately 1 in 8 patients were inappropriately diagnosed. Most hospitals inappropriately diagnosed more than 10% of patients. Patients at highest ...