Ceftaroline-Induced Thrombocytopenia: A Case Report.

Drug-induced thrombocytopenia is a rare but significant adverse effect of certain medications, with the potential for severe bleeding, thrombosis, and death. This report discusses a rare case of severe thrombocytopenia induced by ceftaroline in a 69-year-old male with a history of atrial fibrillation on rivaroxaban and allergies to amoxicillin and sulfa drugs. Following the initiation of ceftaroline for left lower extremity purulent cellulitis, his platelet count dropped from 204,000 to 4,000 x 10³/μL within a day.

A Rare Skin Rash: Linezolid-Induced Purpuric Drug Eruption without Vasculitis in a Puerto Rican Man.

BACKGROUND Cutaneous adverse drug reactions are the skin's response to a systemic exposure to drugs. Linezolid is an oral oxazolidine used to treat methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections. Even though it has well-known adverse effects, purpuric cutaneous adverse drug reactions to linezolid have been scarcely described.