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Campylobacter are known to be a cause of enteritidic infections but Campylobacter fetus is more often a cause of systemic infections, mainly in fragilized patients. We report a C. fetus endocarditis. The prognosis seemstobe improved by a prolonged betalactam antibiotic treatment.
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Infecções por Campylobacter/diagnóstico , Campylobacter fetus/isolamento & purificação , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Antibacterianos/uso terapêutico , Valva Aórtica , Bacteriemia/diagnóstico , Isquemia Encefálica/microbiologia , Endocardite Bacteriana/diagnóstico , Feminino , Idoso Fragilizado , Próteses Valvulares Cardíacas , Humanos , Embolia Intracraniana/microbiologia , Prognóstico , Infecções Relacionadas à Prótese/diagnóstico , Resultado do Tratamento , beta-Lactamas/uso terapêuticoRESUMO
We have detected an ovalo-stomatocytosis in a military 24-years-old man. We have sent a blood specimen to haematology laboratory in Kremlin-Bicetre (France) to test ektacytometry. The test concludes to an asymptomatic Melanesian ovalocytosis.
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Eliptocitose Hereditária/diagnóstico , Eliptocitose Hereditária/sangue , Testes Hematológicos , Humanos , Masculino , Militares , Adulto JovemRESUMO
A 24-years old Gabonese women with sickle cell disease had a severe vaso-occlusive crisis, which was treated by exchange transfusion. Then, she developed an extended bone marrow necrosis and needed repeated blood transfusion. The aim of this article is to relate an rare sickle cell disease complication.
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Anemia Falciforme/complicações , Medula Óssea/patologia , Anemia Falciforme/diagnóstico , Anemia Falciforme/patologia , Anemia Falciforme/terapia , Transfusão de Sangue , Feminino , Humanos , Necrose/complicações , Necrose/diagnóstico , Doenças Vasculares/complicações , Doenças Vasculares/patologia , Doenças Vasculares/terapia , Adulto JovemRESUMO
We report the case of a 64 years-old woman, presenting in our hospital with purpura fulminans due to invasive meningococcal B infection. Biological exams led to the diagnosis of multiple myeloma. This case illustrates the importance of immunosuppression in this hematologic disease and allows us to insist on the prophylactic measures to be implemented.