What is your approach to distinguishing a Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction from a delayed anaphylactoid reaction?
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Hospital Medicine · Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
As with most things in medicine, this is context-dependent. The Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction is a systemic inflammatory response to the death of bacteria (most commonly associated with spirochetes and in particular, syphilis), typically in the hours following antibiotic administration. This response ...