Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Endocarditis in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Rare Complication

Infectious endocarditis is a rarely encountered complication among leukemia patient during induction therapy. We describe a young patient who developed prolonged high fever after aggressive chemotherapy for Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Pseudomonas Aeruginosa endocarditis was found to be the etiology for...

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Autores principales: J, Barshay, A, Nemets, A, Ducach, G, Lugassy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Master Publishing Group 2008
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3614722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23675106
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description Infectious endocarditis is a rarely encountered complication among leukemia patient during induction therapy. We describe a young patient who developed prolonged high fever after aggressive chemotherapy for Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Pseudomonas Aeruginosa endocarditis was found to be the etiology for the febrile state. Our purpose is to emphasize the need for an early diagnosis of this rare, albeit treatable complication.
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spelling pubmed-36147222013-05-01 Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Endocarditis in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Rare Complication J, Barshay A, Nemets A, Ducach G, Lugassy Int J Biomed Sci Case Report Infectious endocarditis is a rarely encountered complication among leukemia patient during induction therapy. We describe a young patient who developed prolonged high fever after aggressive chemotherapy for Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Pseudomonas Aeruginosa endocarditis was found to be the etiology for the febrile state. Our purpose is to emphasize the need for an early diagnosis of this rare, albeit treatable complication. Master Publishing Group 2008-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3614722/ /pubmed/23675106 Text en © Barshay J. et al. Licensee Master Publishing Group http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Endocarditis in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Rare Complication
title Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Endocarditis in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Rare Complication
title_full Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Endocarditis in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Rare Complication
title_fullStr Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Endocarditis in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Rare Complication
title_full_unstemmed Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Endocarditis in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Rare Complication
title_short Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Endocarditis in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Rare Complication
title_sort pseudomonas aeruginosa endocarditis in acute myeloid leukemia: a rare complication
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3614722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23675106
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