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Muhammad Ansar1, Daneer S Rahanu2, Nyein Su Wai2
1Internal Medicine, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Plymouth, GBR.
Abstract:
Platelets are one of the important cells in the human blood that regulate the coagulation system. Abnormalities in platelets may lead to thrombosis or bleeding. Acute thrombocytopaenia carries a wide differential in a hospitalised patient, and drug-induced thrombocytopaenia is one of the uncommon findings. This case report describes teicoplanin-induced thrombocytopaenia in a patient who was being treated with this antibiotic and then developed thrombocytopaenia to a critically low level. This low level of platelets predisposes to bleeding, either minor or major. However, prompt recognition and stopping the offending drug reverse the process of ongoing thrombocytopaenia.
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