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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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Autores principales: Shah, Ravish A, Musthaq, Adnan, Khardori, Nancy
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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