GM‐CSF as successful salvage therapy of metamizole (dipyrone)‐induced agranulocytosis with Fournier's gangrene and severe septic shock in an adolescent
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This case report describes the successful use of granulocyte and macrophage colony-stimulating factor as salvage therapy and an alternative to hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in a 14-year-old adolescent with metamizole (dipyrone)-induced agranulocytosis and severe septic shock.
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