title: Rescue from neutropenic fever and a bamboo pole.
abstract: We describe a patient admitted to the intensive care unit following a penetrating head injury. This patient developed agranulocytosis and subsequently pancytopenia secondary to an idiosyncratic drug reaction. The possible causative drugs are phenytoin, cloxacillin, ceftriaxone and ceftazidime. The patient was treated with recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor.
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Unit, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.forename: I K
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000628:therapy*; D005334:Fever / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000628:therapy; D000069585:Filgrastim; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000628:therapy; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor; D000069585:Filgrastim