TY - JOUR
T1 - Serum sickness-like illness following streptokinase therapy. A case report
AU - Creamer, J. D.
AU - McGrath, J. A.
AU - Webb-Peploe, M.
AU - Smith, N. P.
PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - We report a patient who developed a serum sickness-like illness characterized by fever, arthritis, haematuria and a purpuric eruption 7 days following streptokinase therapy for myocardial infarction. Blood tests demonstrated increased circulating immune complexes. The skin involvement resulted in extensive, painful cutaneous infarction with secondary bacterial infection. Serum sickness is an uncommon but recognized complication of streptokinase therapy.
AB - We report a patient who developed a serum sickness-like illness characterized by fever, arthritis, haematuria and a purpuric eruption 7 days following streptokinase therapy for myocardial infarction. Blood tests demonstrated increased circulating immune complexes. The skin involvement resulted in extensive, painful cutaneous infarction with secondary bacterial infection. Serum sickness is an uncommon but recognized complication of streptokinase therapy.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1995.tb01379.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1995.tb01379.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 8857338
AN - SCOPUS:0029550127
SN - 0307-6938
VL - 20
SP - 468
EP - 470
JO - Clinical and Experimental Dermatology
JF - Clinical and Experimental Dermatology
IS - 6
ER -