Seven cases of probable endotoxin poisoning related to contaminated glutathione infusions

We report seven cases of probable endotoxin poisoning linked to contaminated compounded glutathione. Five of the cases were using the infusions for treatment of Lyme disease highlighting the risks of using compounded sterile preparations for unapproved indications, especially if the quality of sourc...

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Autores principales: Johnstone, T., Quinn, E., Tobin, S., Davis, R., Najjar, Z., Battye, B., Gupta, L.
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Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6088536/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29673413
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268818000420
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spelling pubmed-60885362018-08-16 Seven cases of probable endotoxin poisoning related to contaminated glutathione infusions Johnstone, T. Quinn, E. Tobin, S. Davis, R. Najjar, Z. Battye, B. Gupta, L. Epidemiol Infect Original Paper We report seven cases of probable endotoxin poisoning linked to contaminated compounded glutathione. Five of the cases were using the infusions for treatment of Lyme disease highlighting the risks of using compounded sterile preparations for unapproved indications, especially if the quality of source products cannot be assured. Cambridge University Press 2018-05 2018-04-20 /pmc/articles/PMC6088536/ /pubmed/29673413 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268818000420 Text en © Cambridge University Press 2018 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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