Case report of vancomycin-induced pancytopenia
Abstract: Vancomycin is the first-line agent for the treatment of bacteremia, endocarditis, pneumonia, cellulitis, and osteomyelitis. Pancytopenia is an uncommon adverse effect of vancomycin therapy, with only a few cases of vancomycin-related neutropenia and pancytopenia described in the literature...
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| author | Sorab Gupta Shorabh Sharma Nandini Menon Shradha Ahuja Michelle Dahdouh |
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| description | Abstract: Vancomycin is the first-line agent for the treatment of bacteremia, endocarditis, pneumonia, cellulitis, and osteomyelitis. Pancytopenia is an uncommon adverse effect of vancomycin therapy, with only a few cases of vancomycin-related neutropenia and pancytopenia described in the literature. We describe a case of a 56-year-old man who was diagnosed with chronic paraspinal abscess and started on intravenous vancomycin. He was re-admitted two weeks later with new-onset pancytopenia. Discontinuation of vancomycin resulted in improved cell counts. Physicians should monitor cell counts in patients who are on long-term intravenous vancomycin. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5ff2aa78410e4e488d31729686df86062022-12-22T03:35:38ZengSociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical1678-98492016-04-0149225825910.1590/0037-8682-0263-2015S0037-86822016000200258Case report of vancomycin-induced pancytopeniaSorab GuptaShorabh SharmaNandini MenonShradha AhujaMichelle DahdouhAbstract: Vancomycin is the first-line agent for the treatment of bacteremia, endocarditis, pneumonia, cellulitis, and osteomyelitis. Pancytopenia is an uncommon adverse effect of vancomycin therapy, with only a few cases of vancomycin-related neutropenia and pancytopenia described in the literature. We describe a case of a 56-year-old man who was diagnosed with chronic paraspinal abscess and started on intravenous vancomycin. He was re-admitted two weeks later with new-onset pancytopenia. Discontinuation of vancomycin resulted in improved cell counts. Physicians should monitor cell counts in patients who are on long-term intravenous vancomycin.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822016000200258&lng=en&tlng=enVancomycinPancytopeniaRare side effect |
| spellingShingle | Sorab Gupta Shorabh Sharma Nandini Menon Shradha Ahuja Michelle Dahdouh Case report of vancomycin-induced pancytopenia Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Vancomycin Pancytopenia Rare side effect |
| title | Case report of vancomycin-induced pancytopenia |
| title_full | Case report of vancomycin-induced pancytopenia |
| title_fullStr | Case report of vancomycin-induced pancytopenia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Case report of vancomycin-induced pancytopenia |
| title_short | Case report of vancomycin-induced pancytopenia |
| title_sort | case report of vancomycin induced pancytopenia |
| topic | Vancomycin Pancytopenia Rare side effect |
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