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Hydroxyurea as a cause of drug fever
1Lin Medical Center, Hematology Clinic, Kupat Holim Clalit, Haifa, Israel.
Acta Haematologica
|December 9, 2000
Abstract:
We report on a patient with essential thrombocythemia treated with hydroxyurea who became febrile 3 weeks after the treatment was started. After drug withdrawal, the fever resolved but after rechallenge there was recurrence of the fever. Although hydroxyurea-induced fever is rare, this drug must be added to the list of drugs that produce fever and the physicians should be aware of this possibility.