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Wendy Gerstein1,2, Elizabeth Colombo1,2, Farzana Harji1,2
1Department of Medicine, New Mexico VA Health Care System, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
BMJ Case Reports
|August 29, 2018
Summary
A patient experienced severe thrombocytopenia, a dangerous drop in platelets, after receiving vancomycin for a knee infection. Discontinuing the antibiotic led to rapid platelet recovery, suggesting vancomycin-induced immune thrombocytopenia.
Area of Science:
- Infectious Diseases
- Hematology
- Pharmacology
Background:
- Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes) can cause prosthetic joint infections.
- Vancomycin is a common antibiotic used for Gram-positive bacterial infections, including hardware infections.
Keywords:
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