Amoxicillin/Clavulanic Acid-Induced Agranulocytosis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid is one of the widely prescribed antibiotics in the outpatient setting giving excellent antimicrobial coverage and relatively safe profile in terms of adverse reactions. Gastrointestinal and cutaneous reactions are among the commonly reported. Our goal is to describe a cas...

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Autores principales: Armas Villalba, Aristides, Haq, Marya, Zhang, Cunxian, Thakkar, Jinen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6855031/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31781425
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/5718716
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author Armas Villalba, Aristides
Haq, Marya
Zhang, Cunxian
Thakkar, Jinen
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description Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid is one of the widely prescribed antibiotics in the outpatient setting giving excellent antimicrobial coverage and relatively safe profile in terms of adverse reactions. Gastrointestinal and cutaneous reactions are among the commonly reported. Our goal is to describe a case of agranulocytosis induced by amoxicillin/clavulanic acid in a previously healthy patient and review prior reports with similar presentation.
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spelling pubmed-68550312019-11-28 Amoxicillin/Clavulanic Acid-Induced Agranulocytosis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Armas Villalba, Aristides Haq, Marya Zhang, Cunxian Thakkar, Jinen Case Rep Hematol Case Report Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid is one of the widely prescribed antibiotics in the outpatient setting giving excellent antimicrobial coverage and relatively safe profile in terms of adverse reactions. Gastrointestinal and cutaneous reactions are among the commonly reported. Our goal is to describe a case of agranulocytosis induced by amoxicillin/clavulanic acid in a previously healthy patient and review prior reports with similar presentation. Hindawi 2019-10-23 /pmc/articles/PMC6855031/ /pubmed/31781425 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/5718716 Text en Copyright © 2019 Aristides Armas Villalba et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Amoxicillin/Clavulanic Acid-Induced Agranulocytosis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
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title_full_unstemmed Amoxicillin/Clavulanic Acid-Induced Agranulocytosis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
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