Clozapine-Induced Febrile Neutropenia and Cellulitis

Clozapine-Induced Febrile Neutropenia and Cellulitis

Clozapine is one of the atypical antipsychotics and is frequently prescribed to patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia. Agranulocytosis is a major side effect that may lead to death, which limits its use. This is a case report of a patient that developed febrile neutropenia and cellulitis a...

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Main Authors: Selcuk YAYLACI, Emine Ulku YILMAZ, Ertugrul GUCLU, Neslihan AKKISI KUMSAR, Ali TAMER, Oguz KARABAY
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-03-01
Series:Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
Cellulitis
clozapine
febrile neutropenia
granulocyte colonystimulating factor
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452247316300395
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spelling doaj-be5944d7b3ea40aabd6c443fad5186192021-02-02T05:35:59ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsTurkish Journal of Emergency Medicine2452-24732014-03-01141414310.5505/1304.7361.2014.83097Clozapine-Induced Febrile Neutropenia and CellulitisSelcuk YAYLACI0Emine Ulku YILMAZ1Ertugrul GUCLU2Neslihan AKKISI KUMSAR3Ali TAMER4Oguz KARABAY5Department of Internal Medicine, Sakarya University Faculty of Medicine, SakaryaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Sakarya University Faculty of Medicine, SakaryaDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Sakarya University Faculty of Medicine, SakaryaDepartment of Physiciatry, Sakarya University Faculty of Medicine, SakaryaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Sakarya University Faculty of Medicine, SakaryaDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Sakarya University Faculty of Medicine, SakaryaClozapine is one of the atypical antipsychotics and is frequently prescribed to patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia. Agranulocytosis is a major side effect that may lead to death, which limits its use. This is a case report of a patient that developed febrile neutropenia and cellulitis after treatment with clozapine for 20 weeks.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452247316300395Cellulitisclozapinefebrile neutropeniagranulocyte colonystimulating factor
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author Selcuk YAYLACI
Emine Ulku YILMAZ
Ertugrul GUCLU
Neslihan AKKISI KUMSAR
Ali TAMER
Oguz KARABAY
spellingShingle Selcuk YAYLACI
Emine Ulku YILMAZ
Ertugrul GUCLU
Neslihan AKKISI KUMSAR
Ali TAMER
Oguz KARABAY
Clozapine-Induced Febrile Neutropenia and Cellulitis
Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine
Cellulitis
clozapine
febrile neutropenia
granulocyte colonystimulating factor
author_facet Selcuk YAYLACI
Emine Ulku YILMAZ
Ertugrul GUCLU
Neslihan AKKISI KUMSAR
Ali TAMER
Oguz KARABAY
author_sort Selcuk YAYLACI
title Clozapine-Induced Febrile Neutropenia and Cellulitis
title_short Clozapine-Induced Febrile Neutropenia and Cellulitis
title_full Clozapine-Induced Febrile Neutropenia and Cellulitis
title_fullStr Clozapine-Induced Febrile Neutropenia and Cellulitis
title_full_unstemmed Clozapine-Induced Febrile Neutropenia and Cellulitis
title_sort clozapine-induced febrile neutropenia and cellulitis
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine
issn 2452-2473
publishDate 2014-03-01
description Clozapine is one of the atypical antipsychotics and is frequently prescribed to patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia. Agranulocytosis is a major side effect that may lead to death, which limits its use. This is a case report of a patient that developed febrile neutropenia and cellulitis after treatment with clozapine for 20 weeks.
topic Cellulitis
clozapine
febrile neutropenia
granulocyte colonystimulating factor
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452247316300395
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