Open AccessPantoprazole: An Unusual Suspect in a Patient with Fever
Author(s) -
Nuno Melo,
Sara Policarpo,
Manuela Dias,
Jorge Almeida
Publication year - 2021
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 - 10.12890/2021_002571
Subject(s) - pantoprazole , medicine , discontinuation , drug , etiology , intensive care medicine , drug withdrawal , hepatitis , pediatrics , pharmacology , omeprazole
Drugs can cause fever of unknown origin. Drug fever is a diagnosis of exclusion and can lead to unnecessary investigations and prolonged hospitalization. Any drug can be responsible. Here, we describe the case of a woman admitted because of acute hepatitis. Pantoprazole was started for stress ulcer prophylaxis when she was admitted to the ICU. Fever developed a few days later and an extensive diagnostic work-up was negative. Fever remitted after pantoprazole discontinuation and the diagnosis of drug fever was established.