Crapper R M
Med J Aust. 1981 Sep 5;2(5):250-1. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1981.tb100940.x.
There exist some 12 reported cases of agranulocytosis or pancytopenia occurring after the use of cimetidine to reduce gastric acidity. Reported here is the case of a 74-year-old man with renal failure who, 21 days after treatment with cimetidine for peptic oesophagitis, developed severe granulocytopenia followed by fatal septicaemia.