Leukoreduction and hydroxyurea in malignant pertussis: A case series

We report five cases of malignant pertussis, a rare but life‐threatening illness. Current therapies include supportive care and leukoreduction. Notably, leukoreduction might be more effective when initiated prior to the development of organ failure and pulmonary hypertension.

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Autores principales: Aldairi, Nedaa, Alali, Hamza, Kazzaz, Yasser
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7752367/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33363809
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3264
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spelling pubmed-77523672020-12-23 Leukoreduction and hydroxyurea in malignant pertussis: A case series Aldairi, Nedaa Alali, Hamza Kazzaz, Yasser Clin Case Rep Case Reports We report five cases of malignant pertussis, a rare but life‐threatening illness. Current therapies include supportive care and leukoreduction. Notably, leukoreduction might be more effective when initiated prior to the development of organ failure and pulmonary hypertension. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-08-25 /pmc/articles/PMC7752367/ /pubmed/33363809 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3264 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Leukoreduction and hydroxyurea in malignant pertussis: A case series
title_fullStr Leukoreduction and hydroxyurea in malignant pertussis: A case series
title_full_unstemmed Leukoreduction and hydroxyurea in malignant pertussis: A case series
title_short Leukoreduction and hydroxyurea in malignant pertussis: A case series
title_sort leukoreduction and hydroxyurea in malignant pertussis: a case series
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7752367/
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