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JARISCH-HERXHEIMER REACTION [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
DEF

A transient, short-term immunologic reaction commonly seen following antibiotic treatment of early and later stages of syphilis and less often in other diseases, such as borreliosis, brucellosis, typhoid fever, and trichinellosis, which is manifested by fever, chills, headache, myalgias, and exacerbation of cutaneous lesions. The reaction has been attributed to liberation of endotoxin-like substances or of antigens from the killed or dying microorganisms, but its exact pathogenesis is unclear.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
CONT

[...] chez les patients traités aux antibiotiques, on observe parfois une réaction de Jarisch-Herxheimer [...]

Key term(s)
  • phénomène d'Herxheimer

Spanish

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