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Annals of Saudi medicine · May 2014
Case ReportsKounis syndrome: acute inferior myocardial infarction with atroventricular node block due to ceftriaxone: a first reported case.
- Akram Abdeljaber Saleh.
- Akram Abdeljaber Saleh, Jordan University Hospital - Cardilogy,, Faculty of Medicine,, The University of Jordan,, Amman 1122, Jordan, T: +962795531085, a.saleh@ju.edu.jo.
- Ann Saudi Med. 2014 May 1; 34 (3): 250-3.
AbstractCefriaxone is a third-generation cephalosporin that might rarely cause a severe allergic reaction. Acute cardiac emergencies are quite rare in the setting of drug allergies. Here, we report the first case of myocardial infarction and AV-block after intravenous cefriaxone administration.
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