Clinical and serological diagnoses of a patient with vancomycin-induced thrombocytopenia

Transfus Med. 2011 Apr;21(2):137-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2010.01052.x. Epub 2010 Nov 18.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / blood
  • Adenocarcinoma / secondary
  • Adenocarcinoma / surgery
  • Aged
  • Antibodies, Immobilized
  • Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
  • Bacterial Infections / etiology
  • Colonic Neoplasms / surgery
  • Erythrocyte Transfusion
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique
  • Humans
  • Kidney Diseases / complications
  • Male
  • Multiple Organ Failure / etiology
  • Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex / immunology*
  • Platelet Transfusion
  • Postoperative Complications / drug therapy
  • Rectal Neoplasms / blood
  • Rectal Neoplasms / secondary
  • Rectal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Thrombocytopenia / chemically induced*
  • Thrombosis / etiology
  • Vancomycin / adverse effects*
  • Vancomycin / pharmacokinetics
  • Vancomycin / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Antibodies, Immobilized
  • Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex
  • Vancomycin