title: Amodiaquine induced agranulocytosis: inhibition of colony growth in bone marrow by antimalarial agents.
abstract: Bone marrow was cultured in vitro for colonies of granulocytes and macrophages five months after a patient had recovered from amodiaquine induced agranulocytosis. The addition of amodiaquine, chloroquine, and sulfadoxine to the culture was followed by a dose dependent inhibition of colony growth in the patient's marrow but not in normal control bone marrow. Colony growth was, however, unaffected by proguanil, pyrimethamine, and quinine. These findings show that in vitro marrow culture may have important predictive value in some cases of drug induced agranulocytosis.
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Rhodes
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ball
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Franklin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000380:Agranulocytosis / Q000139:chemically induced*; D000655:Amodiaquine / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000187:drug effects*; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002738:Chloroquine / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects; D013413:Sulfadoxine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000962:Antimalarials; D000655:Amodiaquine; D013413:Sulfadoxine; D002738:Chloroquine