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Reactions 1455 - 8 Jun 2013 S Caspofungin Kounis syndrome: case report A 58-year-old woman with acute myeloid leukaemia experienced Kounis syndrome after receiving a single loading dose of caspofungin 70mg by infusion, to treat pulmonary aspergillosis complicating severe chemotherapy-induced neutropenia. She developed hypotension and bradycardia, resulting in a fatal complete heart block [time to onset not stated]. Author comment: "[A]n immediate hypersensitivity effect inducing transient myocardial ischaemia and Kounis syndrome through histamine-mediated vasospasm or an adenosine-mediated process seems possible." Kounis NG. Caspofungin-induced fatal complete heart block: Another manifestation of Kounis syndrome. Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics 4: 161-162, No. 2, Jun 2013. Available from: URL: http:// dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-500X.110918 - Greece 803087896 1 Reactions 8 Jun 2013 No. 1455 0114-9954/10/1455-0001/$14.95 Adis © 2010 Springer International Publishing AG. All rights reserved

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Reactions 1455 - 8 Jun 2013

SCaspofungin

Kounis syndrome: case reportA 58-year-old woman with acute myeloid leukaemia

experienced Kounis syndrome after receiving a single loadingdose of caspofungin 70mg by infusion, to treat pulmonaryaspergillosis complicating severe chemotherapy-inducedneutropenia. She developed hypotension and bradycardia,resulting in a fatal complete heart block [time to onset notstated].

Author comment: "[A]n immediate hypersensitivity effectinducing transient myocardial ischaemia and Kounissyndrome through histamine-mediated vasospasm or anadenosine-mediated process seems possible."Kounis NG. Caspofungin-induced fatal complete heart block: Anothermanifestation of Kounis syndrome. Journal of Pharmacology andPharmacotherapeutics 4: 161-162, No. 2, Jun 2013. Available from: URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-500X.110918 - Greece 803087896

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Reactions 8 Jun 2013 No. 14550114-9954/10/1455-0001/$14.95 Adis © 2010 Springer International Publishing AG. All rights reserved