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Serum sickness‐like syndrome associated with minocycline therapy
Author(s) -
Puyana J.,
Urena V.,
Qyirce S.,
FernandezRivas M.,
Cuevas M.,
Fraj J.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.363
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1398-9995
pISSN - 0105-4538
DOI - 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1990.tb00502.x
Subject(s) - minocycline , serum sickness , medicine , hypersensitivity reaction , dermatology , immunology , allergy , antibiotics , antibody , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
A 19 year‐old youth was taking oral minocycline and after 8 days he presented all four cardinal symptoms of serum sickness (urticaria, iewer, lymphadenopathy and joint symptoms). C 3 , C 4 and CH 50 evolution imitate experimental serum sickness complement evolution. We exclude other causes of this syndrome. Although other hypersensitivity reactions have occurred with minocycline usage, to our knowledge serum sickness‐like syndrome has not been previously reported with this drug.