Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction associated with ciprofloxacin administration for tick-borne relapsing fever

Gregory Webster; Joshua D. Schiffman; Amarjit S. Dosanjh; Manuel R. Amieva; Hayley A. Gans; Theodore C. Sectish

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Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction associated with ciprofloxacin administration for tick-borne relapsing fever

Gregory Webster, Joshua D. Schiffman, Amarjit S. Dosanjh, Manuel R. Amieva, Hayley A. Gans, Theodore C. Sectish^*

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A 14-year-old girl was seen at a community clinic with a chief complaint of abdominal pain and fevers and was treated with oral ciprofloxacin for presumed pyelonephritis. She became tachycardic and hypotensive after her first dose of antibiotic, and she developed disseminated intravascular coagulation. She was admitted to our hospital for presumed sepsis. Her outpatient peripheral blood smear was reviewed, revealing spirochetes consistent with Borrelia sp. To our knowledge this is the first reported case of the Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction to ciprofloxacin.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	571-573
Number of pages	3
Journal	Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Volume	21
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/00006454-200206000-00020
State	Published - 2002

Keywords

Borrelia
Ciprofloxacin
Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction
Relapsing fever

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Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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