Severe thrombotic microangiopathy associated with brucellosis: Successful treatment with plasmapheresis

Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 105-108

  Altuntas, Fevzi ^a,b   Eser, Bülent ^a   Sari, Ismail ^a   Yildiz, Orhan ^a   Çetin, Mustafa ^a   Ünal, Ali ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Plasmapheresis; Thrombotic microangiopathy

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; DOXYCYCLINE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; RIFAMPICIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECCHYMOSIS; EPISTAXIS; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOOD PLATELETS; BRUCELLOSIS; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; HYDRO-LYASES; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PLATELET COUNT; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 13244287829     PISSN: 10760296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107602960501100114     Document Type: Article

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