Francis Jacquelyn K, Higgins Elizabeth
Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA.
J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep. 2014 Jul 27;2(3):2324709614545225. doi: 10.1177/2324709614545225. eCollection 2014 Jul-Sep.
The health risks and side effects of fluoroquinolone use include the risk of tendon rupture and myasthenia gravis exacerbation, and on August 15, 2013, the Food and Drug Administration updated its warning to include the risk of permanent peripheral neuropathy. We present a case of fluoroquinolone-induced peripheral neuropathy in a patient treated for clinically diagnosed urinary tract infection with ciprofloxacin antibiotic.
使用氟喹诺酮类药物的健康风险和副作用包括肌腱断裂和重症肌无力加重的风险,并且在2013年8月15日,美国食品药品监督管理局更新了其警告,将永久性周围神经病变的风险纳入其中。我们报告一例在用环丙沙星抗生素治疗临床诊断的尿路感染的患者中,由氟喹诺酮类药物引起的周围神经病变。