T‐cell prolymphocytic leukemia and tuberculosis: a puzzling association

T‐cell prolymphocytic leukemia can result in severe immune T‐cell deficiency. Clinicians should be aware of this complication in this rare lymphoid malignancy, and opportunistic infections should be ruled out before the use of usual immunosuppressive procedures such as alemtuzumab and hematopoietic...

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Autores principales: Cervera, Pascale, Gilhot, Amélie, Marzac, Christophe, Féger, Frédéric, Tang, Ruoping, Jaff, Nabaz, Coppo, Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5582236/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28878921
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1121
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Sumario:T‐cell prolymphocytic leukemia can result in severe immune T‐cell deficiency. Clinicians should be aware of this complication in this rare lymphoid malignancy, and opportunistic infections should be ruled out before the use of usual immunosuppressive procedures such as alemtuzumab and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

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