Antibiotics for Q-Fever result in photosensitivity and huge drop in vitamin D levels
Vitamin D and prolonged treatment with photosensitivity-associated antibiotics.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013 Dec;57(12):6409-10. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01969-13. Epub 2013 Oct 7.
Angelakis E1, Oddoze C, Raoult D.
1Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, URMITE CNRS-IRD 198 UMR 6236, Université de la Méditerranée, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France.
No abstract
The longer the drug treatment (and staying out of the sun), the lower the vitamin D level
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Sequence
Bacteria
Q-Fever
treat with doxycycline and hydroxychloroquine
photosensitivity resulting from the drugs
low level of vitamin D
- which might be due to
- bacteria
- drugs used (doxycycline and hydroxychloroquine)
- less sun