Penicillin-induced granulopenia.

Granulopenia and Sulfa Drugs

Penicillin-induced haemolytic anaemia.

The case histories of two patients with penicillin-induced haemolytic anaemia are presented. One had received 20 mega units a day for 18 days, the other had received 20 mega units a day for two days and then 12 mega units a day for 25 days, before the haemolytic anaemia was diagnosed. Both had previously had courses of penicillin. A strongly positive direct antiglobulin reaction which appeared ...

Penicillin-induced Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction.

OBJECTIVE To report a case of Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (JHR) in a patient with presumed neurosyphilis and HIV. CASE SUMMARY A 45-year-old HIV-positive man (CD4+ count 450 cells/mm(3) and history of AIDS-defining illness) presented with JHR after an initial intravenous dose of penicillin G for presumed neurosyphilis. The patient described feeling cold with worsening headache and chills appr...

Penicillin G-induced hemorrhagic cystitis

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Inhibition in Penicillin - Induced Epileptic

As an acute model o f focal epi lepsy, the penicil l in focus has been wide ly ut i l ized since the initial r epo r t by Walker and J o h n s o n (1945) . However , the cellular mechanisms responsible for the epi leptogenic e f fec t o f penlci lhn remain poo r ly u n d e r s t o o d . A characterist ic fea ture o f penici l l ininduced epilept ic foci is the pa roxysma l depolar iz ing shift ...