Kounis syndrome: acute inferior myocardial infarction with atroventricular node block due to ceftriaxone: a first reported case

Cefriaxone is a third-generation cephalosporin that might rarely cause a severe allergic reaction. Acute cardiac emergencies are quite rare in the setting of drug allergies. Here, we report the first case of myocardial infarction and AV-block after intravenous cefriaxone administration.

• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Annals of Saudi Medicine

• Publication date

  2014-05-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.5144/0256-4947.2014.250PMID 25266187PMCID 6074592
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