Mycobacterial disease associated with aplastic anaemia.
Haematological changes associated with infectious disease are relatively common but true aplastic anaemia secondary to infection is rare. We describe a patient wit disseminated Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection and who had a histologically proven remission of his aplastic anemia accompanying antimycobacterial therapy. We also review the literature on the haematological changes associated with mycobacterial infections and other infectious causes of aplastic anaemia.
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Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore.
Ross
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Huang
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Gabrielson
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Furth
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D000368:Aged; D000741:Anemia, Aplastic / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D015269:Mycobacterium avium Complex / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D010976:Platelet Count