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Amoxicillin-induced Aseptic Meningitis

Author(s) -

Débora Sousa,

Pedro Raimundo

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

european journal of case reports in internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125

H-Index - 1

ISSN - 2284-2594

DOI - 10.12890/2020_001543

Subject(s) - amoxicillin , medicine , aseptic meningitis , antibiotics , discontinuation , penicillin , meningitis , aseptic processing , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

Aseptic meningitis is a rare side effect of amoxicillin.It is a diagnosis of exclusion and establishing a chronological relationship between the administration of amoxicillin and the onset of clinical symptoms is a key element for the diagnosis.The physiopathology is not well defined, but the consensus is that it is most probably the result of an immunologic hypersensitivity reaction.

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