Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Ciprofloxacin and Achilles’ tendon rupture: a causal relationship

  • Letter
  • Published:
Clinical Rheumatology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1

References

  1. McGarvey WC, Singh D, Trevino SG (1996) Partial Achilles tendon ruptures associated with fluoroquinolone antibiotics: a case report and literature review. Foot Ankle Int 17:496–498

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. Bailey RR, Kirk JA, Peddie PA (1983) Norfloxacin-induced rheumatic disease. NZ Med J 96:590

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Szarfman A, Chen M, Blum MD (1995) More on fluoroquinolone antibiotics and tendon rupture. N Engl J Med 332:193

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Royer RJ. Pierfitte C, Netter P (1994) Features of tendon disorders with fluoroquinolones. Therapie 49:74–76

    Google Scholar 

  5. Ribard P, Audisio F, Kahn MF et al. (1992) Seven Achilles tendinitis including 3 complicated by rupture during fluoroquinolone therapy. J Rheumatol 19:1479–1481

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  6. van der Linden PD, van Puijenbroek EP, Feenstra J et al. (2001) Tendon disorders attributed to fluoroquinolones: a study on 42 spontaneous reports in the period 1988 to 1998.Arthritis Rheum 45:235–239

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  7. van der Linden PD, Sturkenboom MC, Herings RM, Leufkens HG, Stricker BH (2002) Fluoroquinolones and risk of Achilles tendon disorders: case-control study. Br Med J 324:1306–1307

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, University of Istanbul, Altimermer Cad. 27/4, Kucukhamam, 34280, Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey

    Resat Ozaras, Ali Mert, Veysel Tahan, Suleyman Uraz, Ismet Ozaydin & Mehmet Halit Yilmaz

  2. Vakif Gureba Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

    Nihal Ozaras

Authors
  1. Resat Ozaras
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Ali Mert
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Veysel Tahan
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Suleyman Uraz
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Ismet Ozaydin
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Mehmet Halit Yilmaz
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. Nihal Ozaras
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Resat Ozaras.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Ozaras, R., Mert, A., Tahan, V. et al. Ciprofloxacin and Achilles’ tendon rupture: a causal relationship. Clin Rheumatol 22, 500–501 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-003-0758-6

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-003-0758-6

Keywords

Search

Navigation