Transfusion malaria in promyelocytic leukemia

• Published in: Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift Vol. 113; no. 47; p. 1841
• Main Authors: Shunkert, H, Handt, S, de Wit, M, Gladziwa, U, Glöckner, W M, Sieberth, H G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: German
• Published: Germany 25.11.1988
• Subjects: Adult; Animals; Chloroquine - therapeutic use; Drug Therapy, Combination; Erythrocyte Transfusion; Female; Humans; Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute - blood; Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute - complications; Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute - therapy; Malaria - blood; Malaria - drug therapy; Malaria - transmission; Plasmodium falciparum; Platelet Transfusion; Sulfadoxine - therapeutic use; Transfusion Reaction

Five weeks after re-induction treatment and nine days after discharge from hospital, remittent fever occurred in a 34-year-old woman with promyelocytic leukaemia in full remission. She also had haemolytic anaemia and thrombocytopenia, as well as a reduced creatinine clearance. Findings on physical e...