Reversible Neutropenia From Vancomycin

摘要: To the Editor.— Although ototoxicity and nephrotoxicity are most feared complications associated with vancomycin hydrochloride, 1 at least seven patients in whom neutropenia developed have been described literature (236:1604, 1976). 2-4 Three additional cases reported to Eli Lilly Company (Dr A. F. Crumley, written communication, Penicillin Gand Gentamicin Sulfate Erythromycin Rifampin 20,000 — 10,000 Vancomycin Hydrochloride Total WBC Count —Neutrophil 10 20 30 40 50 Day of Hospitalization 60 70 80 90 neutrophil counts during hospitalization. 1978). In well-documented cases, patient was receiving or had recently received other agents that might caused neutropenia. We seen a whose severe