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Vancomycin-induced thrombocytopenia in a 60-year-old man: a case report
INTRODUCTION: Vancomycin, a glycopeptide antibiotic, is used to treat resistant gram-positive infections. There has been a 10- to 20-fold increase in its use over the past 25 years. Although ototoxicity and nephrotoxicity are well known side effects of vancomycin, it can also induce platelet reactiv...
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BioMed Central
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2726558/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19830166 http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1752-1947-3-7290 |