Agranulocytosis after cocaine use: A case of suspected levamisole contamination in Belgium

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1159-1160

  Brabant, Wim ^a   Mazure, Dominiek ^a   Vantilborgh, Anna ^a   Van Heeringen, Cornelis ^a   Lemmens, Gilbert M D ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agranulocytosis; Cocaine; Levamisole

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTAZIDIME; COCAINE; LEVAMISOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN;

ADULT; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; COUGHING; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LEUKOPENIA; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; PNEUMONIA; SORE THROAT; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGRANULOCYTOSIS; BELGIUM; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEVAMISOLE; NEUTROPENIA;

EID: 84865451598     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2011.12.012     Document Type: Article

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