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| Year : 2016 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 444-445 |
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Kounis syndrome associated with amoxicillin/clavulanic acid
A Shimi, S Touzani, A Derkaoui, M Khatouf
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Intensive Care Unit A1, Hassan II University Hospital, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fes, Morocco
Correspondence Address:
Dr. A Shimi
Intensive Care Unit A1, Hassan II University Hospital, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fes
Morocco
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DOI: 10.4103/1658-354X.177329
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Kounis syndrome (KS) is a life-threatening medical condition that causes severes allergic reaction and acute coronary syndrome (ACS). We describe the case of 56-year-old woman who developed ACS following an anaphylactic reaction to amoxicillin/clavulanic acid. Immediately after the administration of amoxicillin/clavulanic acid, she presented a chest pain, cutaneous allergic, hypotension, and ST depression on the electrocardiogram. After the necessary diagnostic test, the final diagnosis was variant I of KS. |
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