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 Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2005 Mar;125(2):124-6. Epub 2005 Jan 12. Related Articles, Links

Missed Achilles tendon rupture due to oral levofloxacin: surgical treatment and result.

Luthje P, Nurmi I, Nyyssonen T.

Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Kuusankoski Regional Hospital, 45750, Kuusankoski, Finland.

We describe a case of a 60-year-old male patient who was treated with oral levofloxacin. The patient sustained a total subcutaneous rupture of the left Achilles tendon which was not diagnosed for at least 5 months. Surgical treatment was successful.

PMID: 15645269 [PubMed - in process]