Acute Brucellosis Presenting with Bleeding Tendency due to Isolated Severe Thrombocytopenia
Mild anemia and leukopenia are the most common hematologic findings in the course of acute brucellosis. Severe form of thrombocytopenia is less frequently reported. We describe a case of acute brucellosis in a 20-year-old man, who presented with fever, purpuric skin lesions, epistaxis, and hematuria...
Saved in:
Main Authors: | M. Aon, T. Al-Enezi |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Wiley
2018-01-01
|
Series: | Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7867435 |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Similar Items
-
An Atypical Presentation of Brucellosis in a Patient with Isolated Thrombocytopenia Complicated with Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding
by: Suleyman Baldane, et al.
Published: (2012-01-01) -
Acute Brucellosis Presenting as an Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
by: Durga Shankar Meena, et al.
Published: (2018-01-01) -
Acute Immune-Mediated Thrombocytopenia due to Oxaliplatin and Irinotecan Therapy
by: Eric L. Tam, et al.
Published: (2019-01-01) -
Impact of thrombocytopenia on failure of endoscopic variceal treatment in cirrhotic patients with acute variceal bleeding
by: Yan He, et al.
Published: (2025-01-01) -
Rivaroxaban Treatment for Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia: A Case Report and a Review of the Current Experience
by: Mohamed Aon, et al.
Published: (2020-01-01)