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

• Váldodahkkit: Matitiahu Berkovitch (Dahkki), Liat Ashkenazi-Hoffnung (Dahkki), Ilan Youngster (Dahkki), Dotan Shaniv (Dahkki), Dorit Dil-Nahlieli (Dahkki), Einat Gorelik (Dahkki), Martina Schäublin (Dahkki), Rudolf Stoller (Dahkki), Nour Karra (Dahkki), Eyal Schwartzberg (Dahkki)
• Materiálatiipa: Girji
• Almmustuhtton: 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...