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BMC Pulm Med
July 2022
Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Fourth Clinical College of Peking University, No. 31 Xinjiekou East Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100035, China.
Background: Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome is a kind of hypersensitivity drug reaction involving the skin and multiple internal organ systems. Moxifloxacin has rarely been reported to be a drug that is associated with DRESS syndrome. Lungs are less frequently involved in DRESS syndrome, but their involvements may herald more serious clinical processes.
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September 2021
NeURos research group, Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la salud, Universidad del Rosario, Carrera 24 # 63 C 69, Bogotá, Colombia.
Background: Moxifloxacin is a fourth-generation fluoroquinolone used as a second-line treatment for multiple bacterial infections. Uveitis has been described as an adverse effect related to this medication. Although several case reports have been published describing uveitis and bilateral acute iris transillumination syndrome related to moxifloxacin, we present a unique case of a patient with severe sequelae associated with bilateral acute iris transillumination syndrome secondary to the use of oral moxifloxacin.
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September 2020
Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA.
Moxifloxacin is a rare but important cause of drug-induced immune thrombocytopenia (DIT). We describe a patient who presented with an acute onset of severe thrombocytopenia complicated by petechial rash, epistaxis, and melena. Recent new drug exposures included moxifloxacin and two proton pump inhibitors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExpert Opin Drug Saf
October 2018
a Department of Pharmacy , University of Peshawar, Peshawar , Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , Pakistan.
Introduction: Moxifloxacin is widely used for the treatment of a number of infectious diseases because of its favorable pharmacological profile and high clinical success rate. However, it is often criticized for its higher risk of QTc interval prolongation (QTIP) and torsades de pointes (TdP).
Areas Covered: A review of published literature on moxifloxacin-related QTIP and TdP.
Antibiotics (Basel)
February 2017
Tarizona eHealth Services, Tucson, AZ 85732, USA.
(1) : We assessed the effect of moxifloxacin on heart rate, and reviewed the heart rate effects of other antibiotics; (2) : A total of 335 normal volunteers had 12-lead electrocardiograms recorded at multiple time points before and during treatment with moxifloxacin and with placebo in seven consecutive, thorough QT studies of crossover design; (3) : The average baseline heart rate across the seven studies was 61.5 bpm. The heart rate after moxifloxacin dosing was analyzed at five time points shared by all seven studies (hours 1, 2, 3, 12 and 24).
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