title: Case report: vancomycin-induced thrombocytopenia in a burn patient.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Report an unusual cause of thrombocytopenia in a burn patient and provide a brief review of causes of thrombocytopenia in critically ill patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report format and selected review of PubMed search including the search terms thrombocytopenia, critical illness, and vancomycin.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Reports of vancomycin-induced thrombocytopenia are uncommon.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Drug-induced thrombocytopenia is a rare but important consideration in the evaluation of thrombocytopenia in critically ill patients. An increasing number of patients are treated with potentially causative agents including vancomycin and the diagnosis may be easily overlooked.
authors: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA. rpauldi1@jhmi.edu
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