Congestive cardiomyopathy presumably secondary to oxacillin.
A patient developed congestive cardiomyopathy after a long-term course of oxacillin. When the drug was discontinued, cardiac function returned to normal. The summary of clinical findings strongly suggested a cause-and-effect relationship between the intake of oxacillin and the deterioration in myocardial contractility.
Fighali
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Department of Cardiology, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas 77225, USA.
Strickman
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Hall
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