The constellation of symptoms that includes persistent fever, weight loss, general malaise
with rash, myalgias, and arthritis brings a number of serious conditions into consideration …

OBJECTIVE: To report a case of drug-induced lupus occurring 5 months after the initiation of
minocycline therapy for acne. DATA SOURCE: Case report information was obtained from …

Minocycline is a recent addition to the long list of drugs that may cause lupus or at least a
lupus-like syndrome. The inclusion of minocycline is important given its frequent and often …

A 14-year-old girl developed maculopapular rash, myalgias, arthralgias and myocarditis with
elevated anti-nuclear and anti-double-stranded DNA antibodies. She was taking …

Minocycline, a tetracycline antibiotic, is commonly used to treat rosacea and acne vulgaris. A
rare adverse reaction of minocycline use is the development of drug-induced lupus …

OBJECTIVE: To describe the clinical symptoms and serology of drug-induced lupus in
patients treated with the semisynthetic tetracycline derivative, minocycline. METHODS: For a …

Sir: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a connective tissue disease whose specific
cause or causes remain undetermined. However, drugs and other agents can produce a …

Background: Minocycline has been reported to cause serious, albeit rare, adverse events,
including serum sickness—like reaction, hypersensitivity syndrome reaction, and drug …

Five cases of suspected drug-related lupus are described in young female patients who had
been taking minocycline for several years. All were asymptomatic before starting treatment …

Background Recently several case reports described the association between minocycline
and lupuslike syndrome. Minocycline, one of the tetracyclines, is widely used to treat acne …