Probable hypersensitivity reaction to vancomycin associating rash, fever and neutropenia |
| |
Authors: | Dauby N Fink W Seyler L Luce S Nouwynck C Tas S Jacobs F |
| |
Institution: | Oncology Clinic,Erasme University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium. ndauby@ulb.ac.be |
| |
Abstract: | We describe the case of a 54-year old woman with breast cancer who was treated by vancomycin for febrile neutropenia due to a methicillin-resistant Staphyloccocus epidermidis infection of a surgically implanted catheter. She developed an hypersensitivity reaction to vancomycin associating neutropenia, fever, skin rash and elevated liver enzymes following re-challenge with vancomycin after having been misdiagnosed with septic thrombophlebitis. Following this re-challenge, neutrophils count fell dramatically but promptly resolved after cessation of vancomycin. |
| |
Keywords: | |
本文献已被 PubMed 等数据库收录! |
|