Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura and Its Rare Association With a Brucella Infection: A Case Report
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Published on: September 20, 2018
Zemin Qiu1, Fang Yang1, Sui Zhang1
1Pediatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, CHN.
Abstract:
Although several factors such as viral and bacterial pathogens, and drugs have been widely reported to be associated with immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), brucellosis is an unusual cause of this disorder. Here, we describe a patient with brucellosis with fever and purpura as the first manifestation of her illness due to immune-mediated severe thrombocytopenia. In this case, ITP responded well to the anti-Brucella treatment with platelet recovery within three days.
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