Serum-sickness-like illness as a complication after streptokinase therapy for acute myocardial infarction |
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| Authors: | D H Schweitzer E E van der Wall H A Bosker E Scheffer J D Macfarlane |
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| Institution: | Department of Cardiology, University of Hospital Leiden, The Netherlands. |
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| Abstract: | We report a case of serum-sickness-like illness in a 47-year-old patient who received early high-dose intravenous and intracoronary streptokinase following acute myocardial infarction. The picture comprised severe arthralgias, fever, an urticarial rash and marked elevation of circulating immune complexes. This case represents a rare complication of streptokinase therapy. |
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