Pancytopenia and meprobamate.

Meprobamate in tetanus.

T H E value of oral meprobamate (syn. Equanil, Miltown, Mepavlon) has been for some months 1st day after admission. In the morning his breathing was rather laboured and mucus collected in his throat. Later he managed investigated in this hospital group, as a compoto swallow this and his breathing improved. He was nent of the premedication for children. An interesting publication has appeared re...

[Acute meprobamate poisoning. Clinical and medicolegal aspects].

Reversible agranulocytosis due to meprobamate.

A 52 year old man admitted to hospital in a toxic state, was found to have agranulocytosis, which recovered when an analgesic containing meprobamate was stopped. The patient was known to have had similar symptoms 9 months previously when the drug was first used, thereby demonstrating an idiosyncratic reaction to meprobamate.

Posttransplantation and pancytopenia.

A 33-year-old female with a history of a live related renal transplant on azathioprine and prednisolone and tacrolimus was asymptomatic until 3 years later when she developed low-grade fever, epigastric discomfort, and headache. She had hepatosplenomegaly but no lymphadenopathy. Complete blood counts revealed pancytopenia with hemoglobin 79g/L, leukocyte count 2.6 109/L, platelet count 38 109/L...

Acute Brucellosis with Pancytopenia and Maculopapular Rash

    Human brucellosis is common in developing countries and is a multi-system disease with a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations. Cutaneous lesions associated with brucellosis have been rarely reported in the literature. Here we present a case of a 32-year-old man with history of consumption of cheese made from raw milk seen with occurrence of pancytopenia and diffuse maculopapular rash...