Disseminated fusariosis in a patient with bone marrow aplasia

bone marrow aplasia: a rare complication of disseminated tuberculosis

we report 11 year old male child, a case of acquired aplastic anemia as a complication of disseminated tuberculosis with acute onset, rapid downhill course and refractory to both antitubercular drugs as well as immunosuppressive drugs.

Disseminated fusariosis with endophthalmitis in a patient with hematologic malignancy

1 Hospital Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. Autor correspondente: Guilherme Fleury Perini – Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Istituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa, Avenida Albert Einstein, 627/701, Bloco A – Morumbi – CEP: 05652-900 – São Paulo, SP, Brasil – Tel.: (11) 2151-8709 – E-mail: [email protected] Data de submissão: 2/8/2012 – Data de aceite: 24/2/2013 Figura 1. Tomogra...

Treating a Patient with Bone Marrow Edema Syndrome with Iloprost

Bone Marrow Edema Syndrome (BMES) is an uncommon, self-limited and with unknown etiology characterized by severe pain with no history of trauma. Due to low prevalence of BMES and its non-specific signs, correct diagnosis is often delayed intensifying bone pain and impairing patients’ function and quality of life. In this study we treated a patient with bone marrow edema syndrome in right a...

Burkholderia cepacia septicemia in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia in postchemotherapy bone marrow aplasia

The patients with hematologic malignancies are predisposed to develop infections with unusual bacteria, like Burkholderia cepacia, which is frequently resistant to many antibiotics and antiseptics. We present the case of a female patient with acute myeloid leukemia type 2 on the background of myelodysplastic syndrome, from whom Burkholderia cepacia was isolated in blood culture, after the 2(nd)...

Aspergillus endocarditis in a 33-year-old patient with bone marrow aplasia.