Piperacillin/tazobactam Induced Myelosuppression
Abstract
Neutropenia, secondary to immune destruction or maturation arrest, is the most commonly described adverse haematological effect of beta-lactam antibiotics. We describe a case of reversible pancytopenia, with evidence of hypocellular marrow, after a prolonged course of piperacillin/tazobactam for 26 days.
doi:10.4021/jocmr2009.03.1227
Keywords
Piperacillin; Tazobactam; Neutropenia; Bone marrow