Cardiobacterium hominis endocarditis associated with very severe thrombocytopenia and platelet autoantibodies

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 373-377

  Arnold, Donald M ^a   Smaill, Fiona ^a   Warkentin, Theodore E ^a,b   Christjanson, Lisa ^a   Walker, Irwin ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HAMILTON REGIONAL LABORATORY MEDICINE PROGRAM   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Platelet autoantibodies; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR; GLYCOPROTEIN IB; THROMBOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CARDIOBACTERIUM; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCARDITIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; THROMBOCYTE DISORDER; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

AMPICILLIN; ANTIGENS, HUMAN PLATELET; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BACTEREMIA; BONE MARROW; CARDIOBACTERIUM; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GENTAMICINS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HISTIOCYTOSIS, NON-LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC; SPLENIC INFARCTION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 3342938162     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20127     Document Type: Article

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