Quinolone-Induced Painful Peripheral Neuropathy: A Case Report and Literature Review

We present a case report of a 20-year-old male with diabetes mellitus type 1, who developed severe painful peripheral neuropathy while on the second of a 10-day course with levofloxacin for the treatment of epididymitis. The intensity of the pain rapidly reached scores of 10/10 in a numeric scale 0/...

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Autores principales: Estofan, Leonel J. F., Naydin, Stanislav, Gliebus, Gediminas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5833158/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29511692
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2324709617752736
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description We present a case report of a 20-year-old male with diabetes mellitus type 1, who developed severe painful peripheral neuropathy while on the second of a 10-day course with levofloxacin for the treatment of epididymitis. The intensity of the pain rapidly reached scores of 10/10 in a numeric scale 0/10, and the patient was transferred to an inpatient pain unit where he was treated aggressively with minimal improvement. A skin biopsy revealed small fiber neuropathy. Then the patient was treated with intravenous immunoglobulin, which improved the pain. Now the patient is on outpatient intravenous immunoglobulin infusions bimonthly and making a slow recovery.
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spelling pubmed-58331582018-03-06 Quinolone-Induced Painful Peripheral Neuropathy: A Case Report and Literature Review Estofan, Leonel J. F. Naydin, Stanislav Gliebus, Gediminas J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep Case Report We present a case report of a 20-year-old male with diabetes mellitus type 1, who developed severe painful peripheral neuropathy while on the second of a 10-day course with levofloxacin for the treatment of epididymitis. The intensity of the pain rapidly reached scores of 10/10 in a numeric scale 0/10, and the patient was transferred to an inpatient pain unit where he was treated aggressively with minimal improvement. A skin biopsy revealed small fiber neuropathy. Then the patient was treated with intravenous immunoglobulin, which improved the pain. Now the patient is on outpatient intravenous immunoglobulin infusions bimonthly and making a slow recovery. SAGE Publications 2018-02-26 /pmc/articles/PMC5833158/ /pubmed/29511692 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2324709617752736 Text en © 2018 American Federation for Medical Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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Quinolone-Induced Painful Peripheral Neuropathy: A Case Report and Literature Review
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title_fullStr Quinolone-Induced Painful Peripheral Neuropathy: A Case Report and Literature Review
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title_short Quinolone-Induced Painful Peripheral Neuropathy: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_sort quinolone-induced painful peripheral neuropathy: a case report and literature review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5833158/
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