Open AccessUnexpected death due to cefuroxime-induced disulfiram-like reaction
Author(s) -
Shaohua Zhu,
Hongmei Dong,
Ji Zhang,
Liang Ren,
Qian Liu
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.286
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1998-3751
pISSN - 0253-7613
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7613.114991
Subject(s) - cefuroxime , disulfiram , medicine , cephalosporin , pharmacology , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Cefuoxime, a second-generation cephalosporin, is used in the treatment of Gram-positive infections. Here, we report a case cefuroxime-induced disulfiram-like reaction which led to sudden death of the patient.
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