Azithromycin-Induced Thrombocytopenia: A Rare Etiology of Drug-Induced Immune Thrombocytopenia
Drug-induced thrombocytopenia requires a high suspicion for diagnosis and a broad investigation to exclude other etiologies of low platelets. Cessation of the offending agent often results in recovery of platelet counts. Many medications are known to cause a degree of thrombocytopenia. We present a...
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| author | Muhammad Umer Butt Ahmad Jabri Samy Claude Elayi |
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| description | Drug-induced thrombocytopenia requires a high suspicion for diagnosis and a broad investigation to exclude other etiologies of low platelets. Cessation of the offending agent often results in recovery of platelet counts. Many medications are known to cause a degree of thrombocytopenia. We present a rare case of severe thrombocytopenia associated with administration of azithromycin. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d028c801e27b434fa1c379370976ed3e2025-02-03T01:11:11ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352019-01-01201910.1155/2019/61098316109831Azithromycin-Induced Thrombocytopenia: A Rare Etiology of Drug-Induced Immune ThrombocytopeniaMuhammad Umer Butt0Ahmad Jabri1Samy Claude Elayi2Cardiology Department, Case Western Reserve University/MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USAInternal Medicine Department, Akron General Cleveland Clinic, Akron, OH, USACardiac Electrophysiology Department, University of Florida Jacksonville Medical Center, Jacksonville, FL, USADrug-induced thrombocytopenia requires a high suspicion for diagnosis and a broad investigation to exclude other etiologies of low platelets. Cessation of the offending agent often results in recovery of platelet counts. Many medications are known to cause a degree of thrombocytopenia. We present a rare case of severe thrombocytopenia associated with administration of azithromycin.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/6109831 |
| spellingShingle | Muhammad Umer Butt Ahmad Jabri Samy Claude Elayi Azithromycin-Induced Thrombocytopenia: A Rare Etiology of Drug-Induced Immune Thrombocytopenia Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Azithromycin-Induced Thrombocytopenia: A Rare Etiology of Drug-Induced Immune Thrombocytopenia |
| title_full | Azithromycin-Induced Thrombocytopenia: A Rare Etiology of Drug-Induced Immune Thrombocytopenia |
| title_fullStr | Azithromycin-Induced Thrombocytopenia: A Rare Etiology of Drug-Induced Immune Thrombocytopenia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Azithromycin-Induced Thrombocytopenia: A Rare Etiology of Drug-Induced Immune Thrombocytopenia |
| title_short | Azithromycin-Induced Thrombocytopenia: A Rare Etiology of Drug-Induced Immune Thrombocytopenia |
| title_sort | azithromycin induced thrombocytopenia a rare etiology of drug induced immune thrombocytopenia |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/6109831 |
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