Severe Hemolytic Anemia due to Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Fooyin Journal of Health Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 113-116

  Chen, Hsueh Chen ^a   Huang, la Tang ^a,b   Wang, Hong Chung ^b  

^a FOOYIN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coombs' test; Hemolytic anemia; Pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; COMPLEMENT; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3 ANTIBODY; ETHAMBUTOL; HAPTOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; ISONIAZID; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ACTIVE PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BLOOD SMEAR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COOMBS TEST; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEVER; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SEVERE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 79951618106     PISSN: 18778607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1877-8607(11)60009-X     Document Type: Article

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