Linezolid-induced reversible bicytopenia in a 4-year-old boy with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-71

  Tavil, Betul ^a   Balci, Yasemin Isik ^a   Yildirim, Inci ^a   Tavil, Yusuf ^b   Secmeer, Gulten ^a   Ceyhan, Mehmet ^a   Tuncer, Murat ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bicytopenia; Linezolid; Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFTRIAXONE; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; TEICOPLANIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPENIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

ACETAMIDES; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD PLATELETS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; OXAZOLIDINONES; PLATELET COUNT; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 38649088247     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: 15210669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08880010701703628     Document Type: Article

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