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Clarithromycin-Induced Long QT Syndrome: A Case Report

Author(s) -

Mecnun Çetin,

Münevver Yıldırımer,

Serkan Özen,

Sema Tanrıverdi,

Şenol Coşkun

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

case reports in medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 1687-9627

pISSN - 1687-9635

DOI - 10.1155/2012/634652

Subject(s) - clarithromycin , qt interval , medicine , pneumonia , long qt syndrome , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , helicobacter pylori

Long QT syndrome develops for a number of reasons. The number of non-antiarrhythmic drugs reported to induce QT interval prolongation with or without torsade de pointes continues to increase. Clarithromycin is a macrolide antibiotic being increasingly used for the treatment of atypical pneumonia. In this paper, we describe a patient who developed long QT prolongation syndrome after receiving clarithromycin for the treatment of atypical pneumonia.

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