Severe shoulder tendinopathy associated with levofloxacin

AUTOR(ES)

Eyer-Silva, Walter de Araujo, Pinto Netto, Henrique de Barros, Pinto, Jorge Francisco da Cunha, Ferry, Fernando Raphael de Almeida, Neves-Motta, Rogério

FONTE

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2012-08

RESUMO

Fluoroquinolone (FQ)-associated tendinopathy and myopathy are uncommon but well recognized complications of the use of this class of antibacterial agents. The case of a 63-year-old previously asymptomatic female patient who developed severe left shoulder tendinopathy after surreptitiously doubling the prescribed dose of levofloxacin for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia is reported here. Surgical stabilization with suture anchors and subacromial decompression were needed.

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