Article ; Online: Pneumococcal induced thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura with features of purpura fulminans.
BMJ case reports
2021 Volume 14, Issue 1
Abstract: A 42-year-old woman with a history of acute myeloid leukaemia status postallogeneic stem cell transplant presented with fevers, altered mental status, pulmonary infiltrates and septic shock that further progressed to thrombocytopenia and purpura ... ...
Abstract | A 42-year-old woman with a history of acute myeloid leukaemia status postallogeneic stem cell transplant presented with fevers, altered mental status, pulmonary infiltrates and septic shock that further progressed to thrombocytopenia and purpura fulminans. Laboratory studies were consistent with a diagnosis of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). Blood cultures grew |
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MeSH term(s) | Adult ; Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use ; Bacteremia/blood ; Bacteremia/complications ; Bacteremia/therapy ; Ceftriaxone/therapeutic use ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Female ; Fibrinolytic Agents/therapeutic use ; Fingers/pathology ; Fingers/surgery ; Gangrene ; Glucocorticoids/therapeutic use ; Graft vs Host Disease/drug therapy ; Humans ; Immunologic Factors/therapeutic use ; Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/therapy ; Nose/pathology ; Plasma Exchange ; Pneumococcal Infections/blood ; Pneumococcal Infections/complications ; Pneumococcal Infections/therapy ; Purpura Fulminans/blood ; Purpura Fulminans/diagnosis ; Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic/blood ; Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic/etiology ; Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic/therapy ; Rituximab/therapeutic use ; Shock, Septic/blood ; Shock, Septic/complications ; Shock, Septic/therapy ; Single-Domain Antibodies/therapeutic use ; Stem Cell Transplantation ; Toes/pathology ; Toes/surgery |
Chemical Substances | Anti-Bacterial Agents ; Fibrinolytic Agents ; Glucocorticoids ; Immunologic Factors ; Single-Domain Antibodies ; caplacizumab (2R27AB6766) ; Rituximab (4F4X42SYQ6) ; Ceftriaxone (75J73V1629) |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2021-01-26 |
Publishing country | England |
Document type | Case Reports ; Journal Article |
ISSN | 1757-790X |
ISSN (online) | 1757-790X |
DOI | 10.1136/bcr-2020-235580 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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