Tosufloxacin tosilate-induced thrombocytopenic purpura

J Dermatol. 2007 Jul;34(7):465-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2007.00311.x.

Abstract

Tosufloxacin tosilate, a member of the naphthyridine group, was developed in Japan and became commercially available in 1990. We experienced a 69-year-old male who developed thrombocytopenic purpura due to tosufloxacin tosilate. The diagnosis was made when similar symptoms (petechiae and thrombocytopenia) were induced by inadvertent challenge with tosufloxacin tosilate. In this paper, we report the first case of tosufloxacin tosilate-induced thrombocytopenic purpura and present a brief published work review.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anti-Infective Agents / adverse effects*
  • Drug Hypersensitivity / pathology
  • Fluoroquinolones / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Naphthyridines / adverse effects*
  • Purpura, Thrombocytopenic / chemically induced*
  • Purpura, Thrombocytopenic / pathology
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / drug therapy
  • Skin / pathology

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Fluoroquinolones
  • Naphthyridines
  • tosufloxacin