Ampicillin/sulbactam-induced Kounis syndrome with cardiogenic shock
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Kounis syndrome presenting with acute inferior wall myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock secondary to intravenous ampicillin/sulbactam administration
Kounis syndrome (KS) is induced by allergic and anaphylactic reaction, and is considered a rare cause of coronary artery spasm (1) A 44-year-old male patient was admitted to our center with complaint of severe chest pain lasting for 1 hour. He was administered treatment of 1 g intravenous ampicillin/sulbactam with diagnosis of upper respiratory tract infection. He did not have history of allerg...
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دوره 17 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2017