A rare case of Levofloxacin induced ventricular arrhythmia

Autor: Krushan Nirmit Yajnik, Ankur Bhoot, Devangi S Desai
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: GAIMS Journal of Medical Sciences, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 22-25 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2583-1763
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7648426
Popis: Drug induced cardiac arrhythmias are seen commonly in clinical practice. Amongst drugs, antibiotics have a specific predisposition, and amongst them, macrolides and fluoroquinolones are specifically seen to have such a tendency. However, amongst fluoroquinolones, the rate of incidence of quinolone induced cardiac arrhythmia is reported as 5.4 cases per 10 million prescriptions. Here, we report a rare case of a probable Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) i.e., Left Ventricular inferoposterior surface bigeminy recorded 24 hours after initiation of levofloxacin which disappeared after 24 hours of its discontinuation.
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