Unexpected death due to cefuroxime-induced disulfiram-like reaction

Cefuoxime, a second-generation cephalosporin, is used in the treatment of Gram-positive infections. Here, we report a case cefuroxime-induced disulfiram-like reaction which led to sudden death of the patient.

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Autores principales: Dong, Hongmei, Zhang, Ji, Ren, Liang, Liu, Qian, Zhu, Shaohua
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Drug Watch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3757612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24014919
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.114991
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author Dong, Hongmei
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spelling pubmed-37576122013-09-06 Unexpected death due to cefuroxime-induced disulfiram-like reaction Dong, Hongmei Zhang, Ji Ren, Liang Liu, Qian Zhu, Shaohua Indian J Pharmacol Drug Watch Cefuoxime, a second-generation cephalosporin, is used in the treatment of Gram-positive infections. Here, we report a case cefuroxime-induced disulfiram-like reaction which led to sudden death of the patient. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3757612/ /pubmed/24014919 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.114991 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Pharmacology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Dong, Hongmei
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Unexpected death due to cefuroxime-induced disulfiram-like reaction
title Unexpected death due to cefuroxime-induced disulfiram-like reaction
title_full Unexpected death due to cefuroxime-induced disulfiram-like reaction
title_fullStr Unexpected death due to cefuroxime-induced disulfiram-like reaction
title_full_unstemmed Unexpected death due to cefuroxime-induced disulfiram-like reaction
title_short Unexpected death due to cefuroxime-induced disulfiram-like reaction
title_sort unexpected death due to cefuroxime-induced disulfiram-like reaction
topic Drug Watch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3757612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24014919
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7613.114991
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