Myositis complicating benzathine penicillin-G injection in a case of rheumatic heart disease
Myositis complicating benzathine penicillin-G injection in a case of rheumatic heart disease
Date
2016-02-15
Authors
Francis, Joshua R
Wyber, R
Remenyi, B
Croser, D
Carapetis, J
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Publisher
Elsevier
Abstract
A 7-year old boy developed myositis secondary to intramuscular injection of benzathine penicillin-G in the context of secondary prophylaxis for rheumatic heart disease. Side effects of intramuscular delivery of benzathine penicillin-G are well described and include injection site pain and inflammation, but myositis, as depicted on magnetic resonance imaging in this case, has not previously been described.
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Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND
license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Keywords
Rheumatic heart disease,
Acute rheumatic fever,
Penicillin,
Adverse drug reaction
Citation
Francis, J. R., Wyber, R., Remenyi, B., Croser, D., & Carapetis, J. (2016). Myositis complicating benzathine penicillin-G injection in a case of rheumatic heart disease. IDCases, 4, 6-7.