Massive intravascular hemolysis: a fatal complication of clostridium perfringens septicemia in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia.
We describe a fatal case of a 74-year old man with acute myeloid leukemia complicated by massive intravascular hemolysis due to Clostridium perfringens sepsis.
Vaiopoulos
George
G
First Department of Internal Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Laikon General Hospital, Greece. pangalis@med.uoa.gr
Calpadaki
Christin
C
Sinifakoulis
Haris
H
Konstantopoulos
Kostas
K
Avlami
Athina
A
Stefanou
Joanna
J
Pangalis
Gerassimos A
GA
D000368:Aged; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D003016:Clostridium perfringens / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006461:Hemolysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018805:Sepsis / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology