[Tendinitis due to fluoroquinolones. Description of 2 cases]

Med Clin (Barc). 1994 Sep 10;103(7):264-6.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Two patients with tendinitis by ciprofloxacin are described. In both patients isolated involvement of the Aquilles tendon was produced. The symptoms initiated at 2 to 4 weeks of the beginning of treatment. The two patients had undergone chemotherapy and bone marrow transplantation due to chronic myeloid leukemia and acute promyelocytic leukemia, respectively with no data on recurrence of leukemia being obtained at the time of the tendinitis. Suppression of ciprofloxacin achieved disappearance of the symptomatology.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation
  • Ciprofloxacin / adverse effects*
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / therapy
  • Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute / therapy
  • Male
  • Tendinopathy / chemically induced*

Substances

  • Ciprofloxacin