title: Doxycycline-induced drug fever: a case report.
abstract: Drug fever is a febrile reaction induced by a drug without additional clinical symptoms. This adverse reaction is not rare but under diagnosed and under reported. Doxycycline is a tetracycline compound with broad-spectrum antibiotic activity. Drug fever induced by doxycycline is rarely reported. In this study, we describe a patient in whom doxycycline induced drug fever after 17 days of therapy for brucellosis.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Pharmacy , Anning Branch Lanzhou General Hospital Lanzhou Command , Lanzhou , Gansu , China ;
authors.forename: Hai-Ling
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.affiliation: b Hospital of Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou University of Technology , Lanzhou , Gansu , China.
authors.forename: Ning-Wei
authors.initials: NW
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: a Department of Pharmacy , Anning Branch Lanzhou General Hospital Lanzhou Command , Lanzhou , Gansu , China ;
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.affiliation: a Department of Pharmacy , Anning Branch Lanzhou General Hospital Lanzhou Command , Lanzhou , Gansu , China ;
authors.forename: Yuan-Yuan
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: a Department of Pharmacy , Anning Branch Lanzhou General Hospital Lanzhou Command , Lanzhou , Gansu , China ;
authors.forename: Qiu-Hong
authors.initials: QH
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013995:Time
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004318:Doxycycline
keywords: Adverse reaction; doxycycline; drug fever