Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura in a patient with brucella infection is highly responsive to combined plasma infusion and antimicrobial therapy

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 324-326

  Erdem, Fuat ^a   Kiki, Ilhami ^a   Gündoǧdu, Mehmet ^a   Kaya, Hasan ^b  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial treatment; Brucellosis; Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; GENTAMICIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSARTHRIA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PETECHIA; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PURPURA; RETICULOCYTE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN DEFECT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; BRUCELLOSIS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC;

EID: 34249826349     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000102159     Document Type: Article

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