Cefuroxime-induced lupus

Uz E., Bavbek N., TURGUT F. H., Kanbay M., Kaya A., Akcay A.

Journal of the National Medical Association, vol.99, no.9, pp.1066-1067, 2007 (Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 99 Issue: 9
  • Publication Date: 2007
  • Journal Name: Journal of the National Medical Association
  • Journal Indexes: Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1066-1067
  • Keywords: Drugs, Lupus
  • Hatay Mustafa Kemal University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Drug-induced lupus erythematosus (DILE) is a syndrome that shares symptoms and laboratory characteristics with idiopathic systemic lupus erythematosus. Recognition of DILE is important because it usually reverts within a few weeks after stopping the offending drug. Antibiotics are uncommonly associated with DILE, and cefuroxime has never been incriminated as a cause. We present herein the first case of DILE induced by cefuroxime. Although this is the first report of cefuroxime-induced DILE, we should be aware of this occurrence.