When Should Statins Be Stopped?
Mycobacterium chelonae is a non-tuberculous mycobacterium that can cause skin infections in immunocompetent individuals. We report a case of skin infection by this agent in a woman with dyslipidaemia, that culminated in statin-induced rhabdomyolysis due to the combination of clarithromycin, ciproflo...
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| author | Mário Bibi Ana Ferro Filipa Guimarães Paulo Coelho Inês Chora |
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| description | Mycobacterium chelonae is a non-tuberculous mycobacterium that can cause skin infections in immunocompetent individuals. We report a case of skin infection by this agent in a woman with dyslipidaemia, that culminated in statin-induced rhabdomyolysis due to the combination of clarithromycin, ciprofloxacin and simvastatin. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1958a4cb02904e7eb952ecef26ba5c072022-12-21T20:33:32ZengSMC MEDIA SRLEuropean Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine2284-25942021-06-0110.12890/2021_0026612277When Should Statins Be Stopped?Mário Bibi0Ana Ferro1Filipa Guimarães2Paulo Coelho3Inês Chora4Hospital Pedro Hispano, Sra. da Hora, PortugalHospital Pedro Hispano, Sra. da Hora, PortugalHospital Pedro Hispano, Sra. da Hora, PortugalHospital Pedro Hispano, Sra. da Hora, PortugalHospital Pedro Hispano, Sra. da Hora, PortugalMycobacterium chelonae is a non-tuberculous mycobacterium that can cause skin infections in immunocompetent individuals. We report a case of skin infection by this agent in a woman with dyslipidaemia, that culminated in statin-induced rhabdomyolysis due to the combination of clarithromycin, ciprofloxacin and simvastatin.https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/2661mycobacterium chelonaestatin-induced rhabdomyolysisciprofloxacinclarithromycin |
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| title | When Should Statins Be Stopped? |
| title_full | When Should Statins Be Stopped? |
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| title_full_unstemmed | When Should Statins Be Stopped? |
| title_short | When Should Statins Be Stopped? |
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| topic | mycobacterium chelonae statin-induced rhabdomyolysis ciprofloxacin clarithromycin |
| url | https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/2661 |
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