Peripheral blood and marrow findings in disseminated bacille Calmette-Guerin infection

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 97-99

  Kumar, Perikala Vijayananda ^a   Monabati, Ahmad ^b   Kadivar, Rahim ^b   Soleimanpour, Hossein ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bacille Calmette Guerin infection; Gaucher cell like macrophages; Hepatosplenomegaly; Marrow necrosis; Pancytopenia

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; HEMOGLOBIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD; BLOOD SMEAR; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW NECROSIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; INFANT; MACROPHAGE; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; PANCYTOPENIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BONE MARROW; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMANS; INFANT; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NECROSIS; PANCYTOPENIA; SPLENOMEGALY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 13944250333     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mph.0000153957.95486.8b     Document Type: Article

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