Uncommon vancomycin-induced side effects
Braz. j. infect. dis
;
6(4): 196-200, aug. 2002.
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in English
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| ID: lil-331031
ABSTRACT
Vancomycin has been used with increased frequency during the past 15 years and the most common toxicity with this drug is the red man syndrome . Other adverse effects include neutropenia, fever, phlebitis, nephrotoxicity, ototoxicity, thrombocytopenia, interstitial nephritis, lacrimation, linear IgA bullous dermatosis, necrotizing cutaneous vasculitis and toxic epidermal necrolysis. Only two cases of vancomycin-induced Stevens-Johnson syndrome and one case of pancytopenia have been reported in the medical literature. The treatment for both situations is based on cessation of the vancomycin therapy; in cases of Stevens-Johnson syndrome, antihistamine and/or steroid agents can be used. This article reports a case of pancytopenia and a case of erythema major associated with neutropenia.
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Main subject:
Vancomycin
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Erythema
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
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Neutropenia
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Braz. j. infect. dis
Journal subject:
Communicable Diseases
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Nossa Senhora das Graças Hospital/BR
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