[Can clopidogrel be responsible for neutropenia?]

G Ital Cardiol (Rome). 2006 Jan;7(1):74-6.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

We describe a case of neutropenia in an 80-year-old female patient. After a coronary intervention procedure with stent implantation, therapy with clopidogrel was started. Thirty-eight days after the beginning of this therapy, a serious lowering of neutrophil levels was found. Common causes of neutropenia were excluded and, after clopidogrel withdrawal, neutrophil levels normalized within a few days.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Clopidogrel
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Neutropenia / chemically induced*
  • Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / adverse effects*
  • Ticlopidine / adverse effects
  • Ticlopidine / analogs & derivatives*

Substances

  • Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
  • Clopidogrel
  • Ticlopidine