Fatal immune haemolysis due to a degradation product of ceftriaxone

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1084-1085

  Meyer, Oliver ^a   Hackstein, Holger ^b   Hoppe, Berthold ^a   Göbel, Franz Josef ^c   Bein, Gregor ^b   Salama, Abdulgabar ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Ceftriaxone; Cephalosporin; Drug dependent antibodies; Immune haemolytic anaemia

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG DEGRADATION; DRUG FATALITY; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MENINGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; ANTIBODIES; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORINS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 0033064173     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01434.x     Document Type: Article

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