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Thyroidectomy for the treatment of Graves’ thyrotoxicosis in thioamide-induced agranulocytosis and sepsis

A 51 year old man presented with sepsis in the setting of thioamide-induced agranulocytosis. Empiric broad-spectrum antibiotics was followed by directed narrow-spectrum antibiotics, and his neutrophil count recovered with support from granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) analogue transfusio...

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Autores principales: Knight, Colin L, Cooray, Shamil D, Kulkarni, Jaideep, Borschmann, Michael, Kotowicz, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bioscientifica Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5592706/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28924483
http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/EDM-17-0071