Doxycycline-induced photosensitivity in patients treated for erythema migrans
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
An unusual presentation of doxycycline-induced photosensitivity.
Photoonycholysis in association with a generalized phototoxic reaction or as an isolated event is a well-recognized complication of the tetracycline group of antibiotics. We describe a 14-year-old white girl with cystic fibrosis who developed photoonycholysis of all 20 nails while receiving treatment with doxycycline. Pediatricians who prescribe tetracyclines should be aware of this potential c...
متن کاملPulmonary erythema migrans?
2 mm thickness [1] . It is a relatively specific sign for cryptogenic organizing pneumonia [1, 2] , but the differential diagnosis list should also include: bacterial pneumonia, lymphomatoid granulomatosis, Wegener’s granulomatosis, tuberculosis, mucormycosis, paracoccidioidomycosis, sarcoidosis, cancer and pulmonary infarction. Although the pathogenesis of the ‘reversed halo sign’ is not yet u...
متن کاملTick bite—Erythema migrans
This manuscript describes the typical presentation of erythema migrans caused by tick bite. The purposes of this article are (i) to encourage physicians to observe patients with tick bite carefully since it may cause fatal encephalitis, and (ii) to facilitate physicians, especially in endemic areas, to consider tick-borne encephalitis virus as one of the causes of encephalitis.
متن کاملErythema chronicum migrans.
An 18-year-old man with developmental disability presented with a circular, erythematous red rash (pictured) with central clearing that measured 5 cm in diameter. The rash developed on his abdomen 9 days after his father removed a small tick from the area where the rash appeared. His parents were unaware of how long the tick had been attached. The patient had several recent outdoor exposures wh...
متن کاملEvolution of the serologic response to Borrelia burgdorferi in treated patients with culture-confirmed erythema migrans.
We investigated the appearance and evolution of immunoglobulin M (IgM) and IgG antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi in 46 patients with culture-proven erythema migrans (EM). All patients received antimicrobial treatment and were prospectively evaluated for up to 1 year. A total of 257 serially collected serum samples were tested by commercial IgG-IgM enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and separate...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMC Infectious Diseases
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1471-2334
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-018-3270-y