Reversible Acute Leukopenia and Cefoxitin

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To the editor: Numerous case reports have implicated penicillin, its derivatives, and cephalosporins in causing infrequent neutropenia (1-3). DiCato and Ellman (4) reported four cases of granulocytopenia secondary to cephalothin in their institution during a 1-year period and suggested an incidence of 0.1%. Homayouni and colleagues (1) reported leukopenia in two patients receiving cephalothin and two receiving cefamandole. In a study of cefoxitin efficacy for pelvic infections, White and coworkers (5) briefly mention a patient who developed transient neutropenia secondary to cefoxitin therapy. This case appears to be the only one the medical literature of neutropenia as a complication of

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