[Acute agranulocytosis after treatment by levamisole. 2 cases (author's transl)]. 1979

A Rossard, and J Barrier, and M Audran, and P Dubigeon, and J Y Grolleau, and D Hervouët

We describe two patients who had a typical levamisole-induced agranulocytosis and a severe infection; the view of other cases found in the literature shows a fundamental fact: the complication can occur after a variable time of prescription (from thirteen days to eleven months), continuous or intermittent. The accidents are imprevisible, and circonspection must be used, not for its antihelminthic properties, but for its prolonged use for immunological purposes, even if some authors have not observed any cases of agranulocytosis in large series. Naturally, the purpose is quite different in the case of a severe rheumatoid arthritis or inesthetic warts, and our two observations are very demonstrative. Mechanism of agranulocytosis has not been totaly clarified: we have observed biological stigmates of immunological process against levamisole (responsible of agranulocytosis?), but essentially medullary lesions (successive regenerative aspects and necrosis) as has been described with pyramidon, and this could explain why the other blood cells are affected in an apparently isolated agranulocytosis.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007978 Levamisole An antihelminthic drug that has been tried experimentally in rheumatic disorders where it apparently restores the immune response by increasing macrophage chemotaxis and T-lymphocyte function. Paradoxically, this immune enhancement appears to be beneficial in rheumatoid arthritis where dermatitis, leukopenia, and thrombocytopenia, and nausea and vomiting have been reported as side effects. (From Smith and Reynard, Textbook of Pharmacology, 1991, p435-6) L-Tetramisole,Levotetramisole,Decaris,Dekaris,Levamisole Hydrochloride,Solaskil,Hydrochloride, Levamisole
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D001853 Bone Marrow The soft tissue filling the cavities of bones. Bone marrow exists in two types, yellow and red. Yellow marrow is found in the large cavities of large bones and consists mostly of fat cells and a few primitive blood cells. Red marrow is a hematopoietic tissue and is the site of production of erythrocytes and granular leukocytes. Bone marrow is made up of a framework of connective tissue containing branching fibers with the frame being filled with marrow cells. Marrow,Red Marrow,Yellow Marrow,Marrow, Bone,Marrow, Red,Marrow, Yellow
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D005260 Female Females
D006229 Hand Dermatoses Skin diseases involving the HANDS. Hand Dermatosis,Dermatoses, Hand,Dermatosis, Hand
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000208 Acute Disease Disease having a short and relatively severe course. Acute Diseases,Disease, Acute,Diseases, Acute
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths

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