Isolated thrombocytopenia: The presenting finding of typhoid fever

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-65

  Serefhanoglu, K ^a   Kaya, E ^a   Sevinc, A ^a   Aydogdu, Ismet ^a   Kuku, I ^a   Ersoy, Y ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fever; Isolated thrombocytopenia; Salmonella typhi

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHI; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TYPHOID FEVER;

ADULT; CEFTRIAXONE; HUMANS; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; SALMONELLA TYPHI; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 0037328197     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2257.2003.00478.x     Document Type: Article

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