When Should Statins Be Stopped?
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Mário Bibi; Ana Ferro; Filipa Guimarães; Paulo Coelho; Inês Chora
- Source
- European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine (2021)
- Subject
- mycobacterium chelonae
statin-induced rhabdomyolysis
ciprofloxacin
clarithromycin
Medicine
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2284-2594
Mycobacterium chelonae is a non-tuberculous mycobacterium that can cause skin infections in immunocompetent individuals. We report a case of skin infection by this agent in a woman with dyslipidaemia, that culminated in statin-induced rhabdomyolysis due to the combination of clarithromycin, ciprofloxacin and simvastatin.