Cold agglutinin-associated hemolytic anemia due to brucellosis: First case report

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 685-686

  Wehbe, Edgard ^a   Moore, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CEFOXITIN; COLD AGGLUTININ; DOXYCYCLINE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CELL COUNT; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COOMBS TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MONOTHERAPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CHEESE; CRYOGLOBULINS; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MEXICO;

EID: 49149120771     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21210     Document Type: Letter

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