RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Co-trimoxazole red cell aplasia in leukaemia.
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 85
OP 87
DO 10.1136/adc.62.1.85-a
VO 62
IS 1
A1 Unter, C E
A1 Abbott, G D
YR 1987
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/62/1/85.1.abstract
AB A 4 year old boy with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia developed a pure red cell aplasia 13 months after entering remission and while on maintenance chemotherapy. Co-trimoxazole was also being administered for prophylaxis against Pneumocystis carinii infection. When co-trimoxazole was stopped the red cell aplasia resolved.