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MONTOYA-GIRALDO, María Alejandra et al. Levofloxacin induced arthralgia: a case report. Infect. [online]. 2019, vol.23, n.4, pp.405-408. ISSN 0123-9392.  https://doi.org/10.22354/in.v23i4.816.

Woman who initiated second-line rescue therapy for Helicobacter pylori with levofloxacin one gram every 12 hours, amoxicillin 500 mg every 8 hours and lansoprazole 40 mg every 24 hours. On the fifth day of treatment, she manifested generalized myalgia followed by bilateral knee and elbow arthralgia with limitation of movements. On the seventh day, without improvement, the patient discontinues the medication and achieve complete resolution of the symptoms one week later. There were no sequelae, no complications, no re-exposure to the drug. The case was classified as probable attaining a score of seven under the Naranjo’s scale. This case reminds us that administration of fluoroquinolones may be associated with arthralgia and acute reversible arthropathy and should be the first diagnostic suspicion in patients without comorbidity.

Palavras-chave : Arthropathy; Levofloxacin; Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; Gastritis.

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