"Getting Under Your Skin”: First Reported Case of Transient Reactive Phlebitis Involving Vancomycin Infusion Therapy

We discuss a case of a 54-year-old female presenting with uncomplicated diverticulitis failing outpatient oral antibiotic therapy. In the emergency department, the patient was placed on intravenous (IV) vancomycin therapy and developed an atopic, vermiform ascending rash running exclusively along wi...

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Autores principales: Azimi-Ghomi, Obteene, Napier, Andrew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Medical Education
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8565101/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34754636
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18471
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description We discuss a case of a 54-year-old female presenting with uncomplicated diverticulitis failing outpatient oral antibiotic therapy. In the emergency department, the patient was placed on intravenous (IV) vancomycin therapy and developed an atopic, vermiform ascending rash running exclusively along with the venous distributions of the left arm proximal to the vancomycin IV infusion site. We discuss different types of vancomycin-associated cutaneous drug reactions. We also review the literature regarding previous descriptions of this type of drug reaction, known as transient reactive phlebitis (TRP).
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spelling pubmed-85651012021-11-08 "Getting Under Your Skin”: First Reported Case of Transient Reactive Phlebitis Involving Vancomycin Infusion Therapy Azimi-Ghomi, Obteene Napier, Andrew Cureus Medical Education We discuss a case of a 54-year-old female presenting with uncomplicated diverticulitis failing outpatient oral antibiotic therapy. In the emergency department, the patient was placed on intravenous (IV) vancomycin therapy and developed an atopic, vermiform ascending rash running exclusively along with the venous distributions of the left arm proximal to the vancomycin IV infusion site. We discuss different types of vancomycin-associated cutaneous drug reactions. We also review the literature regarding previous descriptions of this type of drug reaction, known as transient reactive phlebitis (TRP). Cureus 2021-10-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8565101/ /pubmed/34754636 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18471 Text en Copyright © 2021, Azimi-Ghomi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_sort "getting under your skin”: first reported case of transient reactive phlebitis involving vancomycin infusion therapy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8565101/
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