TY - JOUR
T1 - Serum sickness-like reaction after the treatment of cellulitis with amoxicillin/clavulanate
AU - Patterson-Fortin, Jeffrey
AU - Harris, Che Mathew
AU - Niranjan-Azadi, Ashwini
AU - Melia, Michael
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PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Serum sickness-like reaction is a rare disease presentation. We describe a case of a man aged 58 years who presented with acute-onset polyarthralgia, intense pruritus of hands and feet, fever to 39.5°C and leucocytosis to 17.2×10 3 /mm 3 5...days after completing a 10-day course of amoxicillin/clavulanate for the treatment of finger cellulitis. With history, symptoms, physical examination findings and reported cases in the literature of serum sickness-like reactions to amoxicillin, a clinical diagnosis of serum sickness-like reaction was made. The patient was treated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatories with improvement in symptoms by the time of discharge.
AB - Serum sickness-like reaction is a rare disease presentation. We describe a case of a man aged 58 years who presented with acute-onset polyarthralgia, intense pruritus of hands and feet, fever to 39.5°C and leucocytosis to 17.2×10 3 /mm 3 5...days after completing a 10-day course of amoxicillin/clavulanate for the treatment of finger cellulitis. With history, symptoms, physical examination findings and reported cases in the literature of serum sickness-like reactions to amoxicillin, a clinical diagnosis of serum sickness-like reaction was made. The patient was treated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatories with improvement in symptoms by the time of discharge.
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U2 - 10.1136/bcr-2016-217608
DO - 10.1136/bcr-2016-217608
M3 - Article
C2 - 27756758
AN - SCOPUS:84992692389
SN - 1757-790X
VL - 2016
JO - BMJ Case Reports
JF - BMJ Case Reports
M1 - 217608 1
ER -