Myositis complicating benzathine penicillin-G injection in a case of rheumatic heart disease

A 7-year old boy developed myositis secondary to intramuscular injection of benzathine penicillin-G in the context of secondary prophylaxis for rheumatic heart disease. Side effects of intramuscular delivery of benzathine penicillin-G are well described and include injection site pain and inflammati...

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Autores principales: Francis, Joshua R., Wyber, Rosemary, Remenyi, Bo, Croser, David, Carapetis, Jonathan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
Materias:
Case Illustrated
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4802678/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27051573
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2016.02.001

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4802678/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27051573
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2016.02.001

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