Pulmonary tuberculosis associated with autoimmune hemolytic anemia: An unusual presentation

Turkish Journal of Haematology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 477-480

  Turgut, Mehmet ^a   Uzun, Oǧuz ^a   Kelkitli, Engin ^a   Özer, Okay ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia; Coombs' positivity; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; ETHAMBUTOL; FERRITIN; HAPTOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; ISONIAZID; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CELL HYPERPLASIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COOMBS TEST; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHROCYTE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LAVAGE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MEGALOCYTOSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PALLOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPHEROCYTOSIS; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 0036439494     PISSN: 13007777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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