Multiple Drugs Causing Severe Anemia in Infective Endocarditis.

Cardiovasc Hematol Disord Drug Targets

Department of Cardiology, Kasturba College and Hospital, Manipal-576104 IN; USA.

Published: February 2017

Ceftriaxone and linezolid are commonly used antibiotics in infective endocarditis. Here we present a rare case of severe anemia caused by both the drugs via different mechanisms. Drugs have shown significant contribution in inducing anemia via hemolysis and bone marrow suppression in an infective endocarditis patient.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1871529x16666160524144527DOI Listing

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