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Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura induced by trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole in a Jeh
Am J Hematol. 2007 Jan 31; [Epub ahead of print]
- Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura induced by trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole in a Jehovah's witness.
- Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
We report a case of Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura occurring as an allergic response to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole therapy (Bactrimtrade mark, Septra(R)) in a Jehovah's Witness patient. The patient presented with fulminant microangiopathic hemolytic anemia and thrombocytopenia within 48 hr of initiating therapy with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. Other symptoms of drug hypersensitivity included nausea, vomiting, urticarial rash, and leukopenia. Because of her religious faith, the patient was supported without plasma therapy with use of intravenous immunoglobulin, steroids, rituximab, and erythropoietin. Am. J. Hematol., 2007. (c) 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
- PMID: 17266059 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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