title: Congestive cardiomyopathy presumably secondary to oxacillin.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas 77225, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fighali
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Strickman
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Hall