Myositis complicating benzathine penicillin-G injection in a case of rheumatic heart disease

Joshua R. Francis; Rosemary Wyber; Bo Remenyi; David Croser; Jonathan Carapetis

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2016.02.001

Myositis complicating benzathine penicillin-G injection in a case of rheumatic heart disease

Joshua R. Francis^*, Rosemary Wyber, Bo Remenyi, David Croser, Jonathan Carapetis

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A 7-year old boy developed myositis secondary to intramuscular injection of benzathine penicillin-G in the context of secondary prophylaxis for rheumatic heart disease. Side effects of intramuscular delivery of benzathine penicillin-G are well described and include injection site pain and inflammation, but myositis, as depicted on magnetic resonance imaging in this case, has not previously been described.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6-7
Number of pages	2
Journal	IDCases
Volume	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2016.02.001
Publication status	Published - 2016
Externally published	Yes

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