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Pediatr Emerg Care
; 21(10): 675-6, 2005 Oct.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16215473
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Antibiotic overdose is typically regarded as a benign event. We report a 15-year-old girl who developed pancreatitis after an overdose of erythromycin. CASE: A 15-year-old girl presented for care because of severe epigastric pain after an overdose of 5.3 g (16 x 333 mg tablets) of erythromycin base. Her physical examination was normal except for epigastric tenderness. Her serum lipase was 2024 U/L (normal, <60). She was treated with intravenous fluids and an opiate analgesic. Her serum lipase declined to 1834 and 73 U/L at 17 and 36 hours, respectively, after the initial measurement at which time she was asymptomatic. CONCLUSION: Our case supports transient pancreatitis as a potential consequence of erythromycin overdose.
Subject(s)
Erythromycin/poisoning , Pancreatitis/chemically induced , Abdominal Pain/chemically induced , Acute Disease , Adolescent , Drug Overdose , Female , Humans
2.
Otol Neurotol
; 24(4): 701-2, 2003 Jul.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12851569
Subject(s)
Anti-Bacterial Agents/poisoning , Erythromycin/analogs & derivatives , Erythromycin/poisoning , Hearing Loss, Bilateral/chemically induced , Hearing Loss, Sensorineural/chemically induced , Fatal Outcome , Female , Hearing Loss, Bilateral/pathology , Hearing Loss, Sensorineural/pathology , Humans , Job Syndrome/complications , Middle Aged
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Pediatrics
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Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-1408521
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Med J Aust
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Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-7132878
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Toxicol Appl Pharmacol
; 27(1): 145-57, 1974 Jan.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-4136643