"Getting Under Your Skin": First Reported Case of Transient Reactive Phlebitis Involving Vancomycin Infusion Therapy.

phlebitis rash transient reactive phlebitis vancomycin vermiform

Journal

Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Oct 2021
Historique:
accepted: 03 10 2021
entrez: 10 11 2021
pubmed: 11 11 2021
medline: 11 11 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

We discuss a case of a 54-year-old female presenting with uncomplicated diverticulitis failing outpatient oral antibiotic therapy. In the emergency department, the patient was placed on intravenous (IV) vancomycin therapy and developed an atopic, vermiform ascending rash running exclusively along with the venous distributions of the left arm proximal to the vancomycin IV infusion site. We discuss different types of vancomycin-associated cutaneous drug reactions. We also review the literature regarding previous descriptions of this type of drug reaction, known as transient reactive phlebitis (TRP).

Identifiants

pubmed: 34754636
doi: 10.7759/cureus.18471
pmc: PMC8565101
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

e18471

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2021, Azimi-Ghomi et al.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Auteurs

Obteene Azimi-Ghomi (O)

Department of General Surgery, Kendall Regional Medical Center, Miami, USA.

Andrew Napier (A)

Department of Emergency Medicine, Kendall Regional Medical Center, Miami, USA.

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