Fatal hemolysis caused by ceftriaxone.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
After receiving ceftriaxone intravenously, a boy with leukemia died suddenly of massive hemolysis. The diagnosis was made retrospectively only after a similar case of sudden fatal immune hemolysis after intravenous administration of ceftriaxone was reported.
Medical subject headings
- Ceftriaxone
- Death, Sudden, Cardiac
- Hemolysis
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive