Pancytopenia and Sepsis due to Meropenem: A Case Report


Erden M., Gulcan E., BİLEN A., BİLEN Y., UYANIK A., Keles M.

TROPICAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH, cilt.12, sa.1, ss.127-129, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 12 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4314/tjpr.v12i1.21
  • Dergi Adı: TROPICAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.127-129
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Meropenem, Pancytopenia, Sepsis, Fatal complications
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Meropenem is one of the most commonly used antibacterial agents with relatively few side effects. Serious adverse reactions reported with meropenem are rare with an incidence of 1%. Recently we came across two rare adverse effects of meropenem in one patient with acute renal failure. There was pancytopenia and sepsis, respectively. To the best of our knowledge, a only few cases have been reported in the literature that document an association between meropenem administration and pancytopenia, and about half of these cases were sepsis. With the use of meropenem becoming more widespread, these two rare but fatal complications of meropenem should be borne in mind.