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  • Title: Severe vancomycin-induced anaphylactic reaction.
    Author: Kupstaite R, Baranauskaite A, Pileckyte M, Sveikata A, Kadusevicius E, Muckiene G.
    Journal: Medicina (Kaunas); 2010; 46(1):30-3. PubMed ID: 20234160.
    Abstract:
    Vancomycin is widely used against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections, but it is associated with many adverse effects such as nephrotoxicity, ototoxicity, gastrointestinal disturbances, blood disorders, and two types of hypersensitivity reactions - an anaphylactoid reaction known as "red man syndrome" and anaphylaxis. We report a case of a 23-year-old man who developed a vancomycin-induced anaphylactic reaction in the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection.
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