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Case Reports
. 2010 Sep-Oct;17(5):e167-8.
doi: 10.1097/MJT.0b013e3181a4695f.

Bone marrow suppression: a side effect of ciprofloxacin therapy

Muhammad Chaudhry  1 , Neel Tarneja, Abhijit Gundale, Denise Roa, Robert Levey
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Bone marrow suppression: a side effect of ciprofloxacin therapy

Muhammad Chaudhry et al. Am J Ther. 2010 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

Ciprofloxacin is a commonly used antibiotic for gastrointestinal and genitourinary tract infections with a considerably good safety profile. However, occasionally it may cause life-threatening complications. Two case reports of bone marrow depression and 1 case of thrombocytopenia due to ciprofloxacin therapy have been reported in literature. We report a case of bone marrow depression due to ciprofloxacin therapy for urinary tract infection in an otherwise healthy woman.

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