Serum Sickness after Equine Rabies Immunoglobulin in Identical Male Twins: Two Case Reports

We, hereby, report two cases of serum sickness in adult male identical twins who had received equine rabies immunoglobulin as a postexposure rabies treatment after cat scratches. The younger brother developed low-grade fever, polyarthritis, and multiple erythematous maculopapular eruptions, whereas...

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Autores principales: Tawanwongsri, Weeratian, Wattanakrai, Penpun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2019
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Single Case
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6477471/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31043938
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000497053
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description We, hereby, report two cases of serum sickness in adult male identical twins who had received equine rabies immunoglobulin as a postexposure rabies treatment after cat scratches. The younger brother developed low-grade fever, polyarthritis, and multiple erythematous maculopapular eruptions, whereas low-grade fever and urticaria-like eruptions were detected in the elder brother. Both patients received a 7-day course of low-dose prednisolone and achieved good responses without recurrent attacks.
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spelling pubmed-64774712019-05-01 Serum Sickness after Equine Rabies Immunoglobulin in Identical Male Twins: Two Case Reports Tawanwongsri, Weeratian Wattanakrai, Penpun Case Rep Dermatol Single Case We, hereby, report two cases of serum sickness in adult male identical twins who had received equine rabies immunoglobulin as a postexposure rabies treatment after cat scratches. The younger brother developed low-grade fever, polyarthritis, and multiple erythematous maculopapular eruptions, whereas low-grade fever and urticaria-like eruptions were detected in the elder brother. Both patients received a 7-day course of low-dose prednisolone and achieved good responses without recurrent attacks. S. Karger AG 2019-02-14 /pmc/articles/PMC6477471/ /pubmed/31043938 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000497053 Text en Copyright © 2019 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-4.0 International License (CC BY-NC) (http://www.karger.com/Services/OpenAccessLicense). Usage and distribution for commercial purposes requires written permission.
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Serum Sickness after Equine Rabies Immunoglobulin in Identical Male Twins: Two Case Reports
title Serum Sickness after Equine Rabies Immunoglobulin in Identical Male Twins: Two Case Reports
title_full Serum Sickness after Equine Rabies Immunoglobulin in Identical Male Twins: Two Case Reports
title_fullStr Serum Sickness after Equine Rabies Immunoglobulin in Identical Male Twins: Two Case Reports
title_full_unstemmed Serum Sickness after Equine Rabies Immunoglobulin in Identical Male Twins: Two Case Reports
title_short Serum Sickness after Equine Rabies Immunoglobulin in Identical Male Twins: Two Case Reports
title_sort serum sickness after equine rabies immunoglobulin in identical male twins: two case reports
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6477471/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31043938
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000497053
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