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Raymond G. Slavin, MD; Louis V. Avioli, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1976;136(3):352-356.

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PAUL GREENBERGER, MD, Assistant in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Jewish Hospital of St Louis, Washington University School of Medicine: A 52-year-old housewife, who was in her second hospital admission, had chills, myalgias, urticaria, and temperatures to as high as 39.4 C for two days. She had been released two weeks previously after she had received epidural injections of prednisolone acetate for intense pain in the lower part of the back. Her back discomfort cleared, and she was ambulating well when she was released.

One week prior to her second admission, her temperature rose to 39.4 C, and she was hospitalized elsewhere. A urinary tract infection was diagnosed, cephalothin sodium was administered, and she was discharged on a regimen of cephalexin monohydrate.

Three days prior to admission while at home, she developed urticaria, myalgias, chills, diaphoresis, and a nonproductive cough, but she denied wheezing. When she was admitted to the Jewish . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Medicine, Jewish Hospital of St Louis, and Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis.

Footnotes
Received for publication May 29, 1975; accepted May 30.

Reprint requests to 216 Kingshighway, St Louis, MO 63110 (Dr Avioli).

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