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ArticleJournal of pharmacology & pharmacotherapeutics

Kounis syndrome secondary to intravenous cephalosporin administration.

Sunkavalli Venkateswararao, Gopalan Rajendiran, Rathakrishnan Shanmuga Sundaram, Godavarthi Mounika

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Article in Journal of pharmacology & pharmacotherapeutics. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Kounis Syndrome: Review of Clinical Cases.Cardiovascular & hematological disorders drug targets · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sunkavalli VenkateswararaoDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, PSG College of Pharmacy, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Gopalan RajendiranDepartment of Cardiology, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Rathakrishnan Shanmuga SundaramDepartment of Cardiology, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Godavarthi MounikaDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, PSG College of Pharmacy, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
PSG Institute of Medical Sciences & Research · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Kounis syndrome is a clinical condition due to hypersensitivity that culminates into acute coronary syndrome (ACS) which can be fatal. A 36-year-old male with no conventional coronary risk factors presented elsewhere with a history of fever for 4 days, cough with expectoration, diarrhea and was treated with cephalosporin (Inj. Cefotaxime as an infusion) along with analgesics. He experienced generalized itching 5 minutes after cefotaxime infusion followed by sweating, headache, chest pain with facial and periorbital swelling for which he was rushed to our hospital. On examination he was afebrile with a low blood pressure. Electrocardiogram taken at an outside hospital revealed incomplete right bundle branch block and ST depression V3-V5. Investigations showed increase in troponin T. He was managed with anti-histamines and standard protocol for treatment of ACS. Coronary angiogram revealed normal coronaries. The patient improved symptomatically with treatment and was discharged on an anti-platelet, nitrate and a statin.

Indexed as

Acute coronary syndromecephalosporinhypersensitivityKounis syndrome

Identifiers

PMID26813799
PMCPMC4714393
OpenAlexW2310630499

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