Fatal and Near-Fatal Non-allergic Reactions in Patients with Underlying Cardiac Disease Receiving Benzathine Penicillin G in Israel and Switzerland

• Main Authors: Matitiahu Berkovitch (Author), Liat Ashkenazi-Hoffnung (Author), Ilan Youngster (Author), Dotan Shaniv (Author), Dorit Dil-Nahlieli (Author), Einat Gorelik (Author), Martina Schäublin (Author), Rudolf Stoller (Author), Nour Karra (Author), Eyal Schwartzberg (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Benzathine Penicillin G (BPG) is commonly used for treatment of penicillin-susceptible infections and secondary prevention of rheumatic fever. Death following administration of BPG is extremely rare-only a handful of cases have been described in the literature since the 1950's. In this case ser...