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Aplastic anemia associated with intravenous chloramphenicol
Author(s) -
Alavi Jane B.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
american journal of hematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.456
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1096-8652
pISSN - 0361-8609
DOI - 10.1002/ajh.2830150408
Subject(s) - chloramphenicol , medicine , aplastic anemia , anemia , pediatrics , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , bone marrow
A patient is presented who developed aplastic anemia 3 months after exposure to intravenous chloramphenicol. She died of this disease 4 years later. Other cases of marrow aplasia due to parenteral chloramphenicol are reviewed, in order to emphasize that this complication, although rare, is not restricted to the use of oral chloramphenicol.