Brucellosis concomitant with acute leukemia.
Indian J Pediatr
;
2007 Aug; 74(8): 790-2
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-82986
ABSTRACT
We present two patients with brucellosis concomitant with acute leukemia. Co-existence of acute leukemia with brucellosis which may have similar symptoms, have not been reported earlier. The first case presented with generalized arthralgia, fever, paleness and pancytopenia. The second patient had mild leucopenia and thrombocytopenia. She presented with fever. We carried out the chemotherapy for both ALL and brucellosis simultaneously. While the first patient's fever disappeared within 3 days, the second patient's fever had continued on subfebril level for five days and then disappeared. We achieved the remission in both patients and no reactivation was observed during the follow-up period.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Pancytopenia
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Brucellosis
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Child, Preschool
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
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Fever
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Pediatr
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
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