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. 2025 Oct 30.
doi: 10.1007/s11739-025-04157-1. Online ahead of print.

Fosfomycin-induced Kounis syndrome in an emergency department: a case report

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Fosfomycin-induced Kounis syndrome in an emergency department: a case report

Massimo Corda et al. Intern Emerg Med. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Acute coronary syndrome; Anaphylaxis; Kounis syndrome.

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Declarations. Conflict of interests: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. The authors have not authored other/similar articles and confirm that they have not submitted their manuscript on this topic to another journal. Data availability: The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request. Human and animal rights statement and Informed consent: Patient authorized the use and disclosure of personal and medical informations for this case report. According to the declaration of Helsinki, ethical principles were respected. Animals were not studied in this Case-Report.

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