Cytomegalovirus-Associated Severe Direct Antiglobulin Test Negative Hemolytic Anemia: A Case Report / 임상소아혈액종양
Clinical Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
; : 170-174, 2018.
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ABSTRACT
Cytomegalovirus is a common virus that is mostly asymptomatic when infected, but rarely causes life-threatening hemolysis especially in immunocompromised children. We report a case of antiglobulin test negative severe hemolytic anemia caused by cytomegalovirus infection developed in an immune competent 9-year-old girl. The patient's hemoglobin level was 4.8 g/dL on the day of admission. The diagnosis was achieved by exclusion of other causes of hemolytic anemia and serological evidence of recent CMV infection. The patient was successfully treated with anti-viral agents and steroids resulting in recovery from anemia. Clinicians should consider cytomegalovirus infection in the differential diagnosis of hemolytic anemia in pediatric patients.
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Main subject:
Steroids
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Coombs Test
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Cytomegalovirus Infections
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Cytomegalovirus
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Diagnosis
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Hemolysis
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Anemia
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Anemia, Hemolytic
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Child
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Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Clinical Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Year:
2018
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Article