Cefditoren pivoxil is an oral antimicrobial used increasingly in pediatric bacterial infections.
We report a case of rash and arthralgia following administration of cefditoren pivoxil for
lower respiratory tract infection in a four-year-old female child. On discontinuation of the
antibiotic, the child recovered full function of the knee joint within seven days. The causality
of the event assessed as per the WHO-UMC system for standardized case causality
assessment criteria can be considered as 'probable'. Analyzed by the Naranjo's ADR …