Serum sickness like reaction in an 11-year-old boy

Introduction We describe the case of an 11 year old Nigerian boy who presented with acute onset of polyarthralgia associated with low grade pyrexia, facial oedema, urticarial rash, pruritis, throat and ear pain. Methods His medical and surgical histories were unremarkable. Twelve days prior to admis...

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Published in	Irish journal of medical science Vol. 180; no. 2; pp. 605 - 606
Main Authors	O’Keeffe, D. T., Cooke, R.
Format	Journal Article
Language	English
Published	London Springer-Verlag 01.06.2011
Subjects	Acute Disease Analgesics - therapeutic use Case Report Child Diagnosis, Differential Family Medicine General Practice Glucocorticoids - therapeutic use Humans Internal Medicine Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Penicillins - adverse effects Prednisolone - therapeutic use Serum Sickness - chemically induced Serum Sickness - diagnosis Serum Sickness - drug therapy Tonsillitis - drug therapy Rash Pruitis Oedema Penicillin Serum sickness like reaction Polyarthralgia Paediatrics Beta lactam Side effect
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ISSN	0021-1265 1863-4362 1863-4362
DOI	10.1007/s11845-009-0415-4

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Summary:	Introduction We describe the case of an 11 year old Nigerian boy who presented with acute onset of polyarthralgia associated with low grade pyrexia, facial oedema, urticarial rash, pruritis, throat and ear pain. Methods His medical and surgical histories were unremarkable. Twelve days prior to admission he had been treated for acute tonsillitis with penicillin. Conclusion Serum sickness like reaction was diagnosed and he was treated with analgesia and prednisolone. His symptoms were resolved within 48 h and he was discharged.
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ISSN:	0021-1265 1863-4362 1863-4362
DOI:	10.1007/s11845-009-0415-4