Genital Infection as a First Sign of Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Fournier's gangrene is a life-threatening disorder caused by aerobic and anaerobic bacterial infection. We report a case of genital infection as the initial warning sign of acute myeloid leukemia. We were able to prevent progression to Fournier's gangrene in our patient by immediate intens...

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Autores principales: Oiso, Naoki, Rai, Shinya, Kawara, Shigeru, Tatsumi, Yoichi, Kawada, Akira
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2010
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Published: February 2010
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3004206/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21173921
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000279328
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author Oiso, Naoki
Rai, Shinya
Kawara, Shigeru
Tatsumi, Yoichi
Kawada, Akira
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description Fournier's gangrene is a life-threatening disorder caused by aerobic and anaerobic bacterial infection. We report a case of genital infection as the initial warning sign of acute myeloid leukemia. We were able to prevent progression to Fournier's gangrene in our patient by immediate intensive therapy with incision, blood transfusions and intravenous administration of antibiotics. This case suggests that hematologists and dermatologists should keep in mind that genital infection can be a first sign of hematologic malignancy.
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spelling pubmed-30042062010-12-20 Genital Infection as a First Sign of Acute Myeloid Leukemia Oiso, Naoki Rai, Shinya Kawara, Shigeru Tatsumi, Yoichi Kawada, Akira Case Rep Dermatol Published: February 2010 Fournier's gangrene is a life-threatening disorder caused by aerobic and anaerobic bacterial infection. We report a case of genital infection as the initial warning sign of acute myeloid leukemia. We were able to prevent progression to Fournier's gangrene in our patient by immediate intensive therapy with incision, blood transfusions and intravenous administration of antibiotics. This case suggests that hematologists and dermatologists should keep in mind that genital infection can be a first sign of hematologic malignancy. S. Karger AG 2010-02-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3004206/ /pubmed/21173921 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000279328 Text en Copyright © 2010 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No-Derivative-Works License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Users may download, print and share this work on the Internet for noncommercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited, and a link to the original work on http://www.karger.com and the terms of this license are included in any shared versions.
spellingShingle Published: February 2010
Oiso, Naoki
Rai, Shinya
Kawara, Shigeru
Tatsumi, Yoichi
Kawada, Akira
Genital Infection as a First Sign of Acute Myeloid Leukemia
title Genital Infection as a First Sign of Acute Myeloid Leukemia
title_full Genital Infection as a First Sign of Acute Myeloid Leukemia
title_fullStr Genital Infection as a First Sign of Acute Myeloid Leukemia
title_full_unstemmed Genital Infection as a First Sign of Acute Myeloid Leukemia
title_short Genital Infection as a First Sign of Acute Myeloid Leukemia
title_sort genital infection as a first sign of acute myeloid leukemia
topic Published: February 2010
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3004206/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21173921
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000279328
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