Acute Hemolysis with Renal Failure due to Clostridium Bacteremia in a Patient with AML

We present a case of acute hemolytic anemia, renal failure, and Clostridium perfringens bacteremia in a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia. The high fatality of C. perfringens bacteremia requires that clinicians recognize and rapidly treat patients at risk for this infection. Although other hem...

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Main Authors: R. M. Medrano-Juarez, D. Sotello, M. A. Orellana-Barrios, L. D’Cuhna, J. D. Payne, K. Nugent
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6549268