A 32-year-old female patient presents to the hospital with a…
A 32-year-old female patient presents to the hospital with a 5-day history of lethargy, shortness of breath during ambulation, and bruising with petechiae to her extremities, and bleeding gums. She has a history of recurrent urinary tract infections and has been treated recently with ciprofloxacin twice in the past 6 months. Laboratory diagnostics show hemoglobin 11, red blood cells 4.3, with a platelet count of 15,000. Prothrombin time/partial prothrombin time and D-dimer are normal. Urinalysis is normal. The most likely cause of thrombocytopenia is:
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