Ventricular tachycardia in a patient on dehydroemetine and chloroquine for amoebic liver abscess.
A case of ventricular tachycardia in patient who was being treated with dehydroemetine and chloroquine for amoebic liver abscess is reported. The patient had 15 episodes of this arrhythmia. The hazard of using dehydroemetine and chloroquine in conventional doses, even sequentially, is emphasized.
D000328:Adult; D002738:Chloroquine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004640:Emetine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008101:Liver Abscess, Amebic / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000139:chemically induced*
D002738:Chloroquine; D004640:Emetine