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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...
Autores principales: | Francis, Joshua R., Wyber, Rosemary, Remenyi, Bo, Croser, David, Carapetis, Jonathan |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Elsevier
2016
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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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