Levamisole tainted cocaine causing severe neutropenia in Alberta and British Columbia

• Hoofdauteurs: Fan Shihe (Auteur), LeGatt Donald (Auteur), Achebe Ifeoma (Auteur), Skuridina Nataliya (Auteur), Buxton Jane A (Auteur), Knowles Lewinda (Auteur), Yan Zhu Nancy (Auteur), Talbot James (Auteur)
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• Gepubliceerd in: BMC, 2009-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Five cases of severe neutropenia (neutrophil counts < 0.5 per 10⁹cells/L) associated with exposure to cocaine and levamisole, an antihelimithic agent no longer available in Canada, were identified in Albert...