Serum sickness-like reaction possibly associated with meropenem use.

Clin Infect Dis

Division of Infectious Diseases and Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.

Published: June 2003

Serum sickness-like reactions most commonly occur secondary to drug administration. We describe a serum sickness-like reaction that was possibly associated with meropenem therapy.

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