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Hemophagocytic syndrome associated with Bacteroides fragilis infection in a patient with acute monoblastic leukemia
P Bourquelot1, D Bouscary, G Paul
1Department of Hematology, Hopital Cochin, Paris, France.
Leukemia & Lymphoma
|June 1, 1996
Abstract:
The HS has been associated with malignant hemopathies. We report here a case of HS related to Bacteroides fragilis during the course of acute monoblastic leukemia. Evolution was fatal despite remission of the leukemia process and response of the infection to appropriate antibiotic therapy.