Acute thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura following doxycycline treatment of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in a patient with dermatomyositis

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-151

  Knox Macaulay, H H M ^a,b   Adil, S N ^a   Ahmed, E M E ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Oman)

^b 7 The Green ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlamydia pneumoniae; Dermatomyositis; Doxycycline; Haemolysis; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DERMATOMYOSITIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DOXYCYCLINE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC;

EID: 1942506072     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2257.2004.00594.x     Document Type: Article

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