Asiye KANBAY, İrem MIHCIOĞLU, Nilüfer TEKİN

A rare but a serious complication: gemifloxacin induced tendinopathy

We present a case of tendon rupture and subcutaneous bleeding after administration of gemifloxacin for the treatment of lower respiratory tract infection.Fluoroquinolone-induced tendinopathy is a rare but increasingly acknowledged adverse effect of this group of antibiotics. Most of the cases occur inthe Achilles tendon and can lead to tendon rupture. Possible predisposingrisk factors include steroid use, patients with renal failure or kidney transplantation, old age and being an athlete.

Nadir ve ciddi bir komplikasyon: gemifloksasin kullanımı sonrası tendinopati

Bu yazıda, alt hava yolu infeksiyonu nedeniyle gemifloksasin kullanımı sonrası alt ekstremitede tendon rüptürü ve subkütanöz kanama gelişen bir hasta sunulmuştur. Florokinolona bağlı tendinopati nadir olarak görülebilir ve daha çok aşil tendon rüptürü gelişmektedir. Steroid kullananlarda, böbrek hastalığı olanlarda, yaşlılarda ve atletlerde florokinolon kullanımı sonrası tendon rüptürü daha fazla görülebilmektedir.

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