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Lethal hyperammonemia in a CAR-T cell recipient due to Ureaplasma pneumonia: a case report of a unique severe complication

We report the first incidence of Ureaplasma infection causing lethal hyperammonemia in a chimeric receptor antigen T cell (CAR-T) recipient. A 53-year-old woman, after receiving CAR-T therapy, suffered sepsis and encephalopathy. She was found to have hyperammonemia up to 643 µmol/L. Imaging revealed...

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Autores principales: Tawfik, Pierre, Arndt, Patrick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8273475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34244183
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-242513