Congestive Cardiomyopathy Presumably Secondary to Oxacillin

Tex Heart Inst J. 1983 December; 10(4): 421–423.

PMCID: PMC344373

Sayid Fighali, M.D., Neil E. Strickman, M.D., and Robert J. Hall, M.D.

Department of Cardiology, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas.

Texas Heart Institute and the Clayton Foundation for Research Cardiovascular Laboratories, Houston, Texas.

Abstract

A patient developed congestive cardiomyopathy after a long-term course of oxacillin. When the drug was discontinued, cardiac function returned to normal. The summary of clinical findings strongly suggested a cause-and-effect relationship between the intake of oxacillin and the deterioration in myocardial contractility.

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