Linezolid-associated thrombocytopenia

Consultant Pharmacist

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 504-508

  Lam, Sum ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reactions; Linezolid; Renal dysfunction; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; ERTAPENEM; ESOMEPRAZOLE; GLUCOSE; HEPARIN; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; PARACETAMOL; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON RESECTION; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DELIRIUM; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMBOLISM PREVENTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; OXYGEN SATURATION; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ACETAMIDES; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DRUG MONITORING; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; OXAZOLIDINONES; PLATELET COUNT; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 84863963630     PISSN: 08885109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4140/TCP.n.2012.504     Document Type: Article

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