A 21-month old boy with newly diagnosed common acute lymphoblastic leukemia underwent induction chem othera py wi t h p red n iso lo ne, v i ncrist ine, daunorubicin and L-asparaginase according to The Hong Kong Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia 1997 Protocol.1 He had bloody d iarrhea during the first two weeks of treatment. Ro tav irus was the only pathogen detected and test fo r the Clost ridium ...

The expression of myeloperoxidase (MPO) was studied in 100 cases of acute leukaemia (83 with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) and 17 acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) by both a conventional cytochemical method and the immunocytochemical antiperoxidase (APAAP) technique using the monoclonal antibody MPO7. In each case the staining was evaluated by light microscopical examination (percentage of po...