Severe thrombocytopenia and haemolytic anaemia associated with ciprofloxacin: A case report with fatal outcome

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Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 384-387

  Tuccori, Marco ^a,b   Guidi, Benedetta ^b   Carulli, Giovanni ^b   Blandizzi, Corrado ^a   Tacca, Mario Del ^a,b   Di Paolo, Marco ^b  

^a Tuscan Regional Centre of Pharmacovigilance   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reaction; Ciprofloxacin; Haemolytic anaemia; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CASE REPORT; DEATH; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEMATURIA; HEMOLYSIS; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAUNDICE; LEG; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; PETECHIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; PYELONEPHRITIS; REHYDRATION; THORAX; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FATAL OUTCOME; FLUID THERAPY; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC; PYELONEPHRITIS; TRANEXAMIC ACID; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 51849143152     PISSN: 09537104     EISSN: 13691635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537100801993040     Document Type: Article

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