Agranulocytosis associated with cephalosporin.

Agranulocytosis associated with nitrofurantoin therapy.

Agranulocytosis associated with sulphasalazine therapy.

A case report of a patient with agranulocytosis associated with sulphasalazine therapy is described. Recovery followed supportive therapy and withdrawal of the drug. Investigations including tests for leucocyte antibodies, the presence of which might have suggested an immunological cause for the drug reaction, were negative; an acetylation study, however, characterized the patient as a 'slow' a...

[Agranulocytosis with tonsillitis associated with methimazole therapy].

The treatment of hyperthyroidism with antithyroid drugs can cause a significant side effect in 0.2 to 0.3% of the cases: agranulocytosis. Infectious complications caused by this condition affect mainly the throat, and tonsillitis is one of its manifestations. The present study reported the case of a female patient, 33 years old, manifesting odynophagia and fever resistant to many antibiotics. T...

Captopril-associated agranulocytosis.

Agranulocytosis associated with ticlopidine: a possible benefit with filgastim.

Ticlopidine is an oral antiplatelet agent frequently utilized in the treatment of cerebrovascular disease and is rarely associated with severe bone marrow suppression, typically aplastic anemia. Reports in the literature of isolated agranulocytosis are few, although they may be associated with significant morbidity and mortality. A case is reported of an elderly woman who developed febrile agra...