Acute renal failure due to ofloxacin.
Fluoroquinolone antibiotics have rarely been associated with renal failure (1). However, temafloxacin, a member of this drug class, was voluntarily withdrawn from the U.S. market in 1992 after reports of renal failure and other adverse reactions (2). In this article, we report one of the first published cases of renal failure resulting from the administration of ofloxacin (Floxin, Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation), one of the newest fluoroquinolone antibiotics.
West Virginia School of Medicine, Charleston.
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D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000139:chemically induced*; D000368:Aged; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015242:Ofloxacin / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000188:drug therapy
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