Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Case Reports
. 2007 Dec;30(12):1579-82.
doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00912.x.

Azithromycin-induced torsade de pointes

Bien-Hsien Huang  1 , Chi-Hua Wu, Chih-Ping Hsia, Chung Yin Chen
Affiliations
Case Reports

Azithromycin-induced torsade de pointes

Bien-Hsien Huang et al. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2007 Dec.

Abstract

Although erythromycin frequently induces long QT interval and torsade de pointes, the newer drug, azithromycin, has rarely been reported to be associated with torsade de pointes. We report here the occurrence of a significant typical QT prolongation within a few hours after taking azithromycin which lead to torsade de pointes.

PubMed Disclaimer

Comment in

  • Discarding the baby with the bathwater.
    Kowey PR, Yan GX. Kowey PR, et al. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2007 Dec;30(12):1429-31. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00887.x. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2007. PMID: 18070294 No abstract available.

Publication types

LinkOut - more resources