title: Drug-induced immune thrombocytopenia due to moxifloxacin.
abstract: A 39-year-old woman with 1 day of oral petechiae, leg ecchymoses and epistaxis was found to have isolated thrombocytopenia. She had recently completed a 10-day course of moxifloxacin for an upper respiratory infection. On further questioning, she had developed thrombocytopenia 2 years earlier after a treatment course with moxifloxacin. After ruling out other causes, drug-induced immune thrombocytopenia due to moxifloxacin was diagnosed. Her platelets returned to normal range 15 days after finishing the medication.
authors: Ehrling Bergquist Family Medicine Residency, Offutt AFB, Nebraska, USA. timothy.coker@us.af.mil
authors: Timothy J
authors: TJ
authors: Coker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001372:Aza Compounds / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular / Q000187:drug effects*; D000077266:Moxifloxacin; D010976:Platelet Count; D011804:Quinolines / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001372:Aza Compounds; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D011804:Quinolines; D000077266:Moxifloxacin