Agranulocytosis with tonsillitis associated with methimazole therapy;Agranulocitose e tonsilite associadas ao uso de metimazol

Revista Brasileira de Otorrinolaringologia

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 374-377

  Zambrana, Jorge T ^a,b   Zambrana, Fabio F T ^a   Neto, Firmino R S ^a   Gonçalves, André L C ^a   Zambrana, Fernanda F T ^a   Ushirohira, Jorge ^a  

^a Faculdade de Medicina de Itajuba   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Escola da Faculdade de Medicina de Itajubá ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agranulocitosis; Hyperthyroidism; Metimazol; Tonsillitis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTITHYROID AGENT; BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; LINCOMYCIN; THIAMAZOLE;

ADULT; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; THYROID DISEASE; THYROIDECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23844486042     PISSN: 00347299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-72992005000300019     Document Type: Article

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