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- Title
High efficacy of eculizumab treatment for fulminant hemolytic anemia in primary cold agglutinin disease.
- Authors
Makishima, Kenichi; Obara, Naoshi; Ishitsuka, Kantaro; Sukegawa, Shinichiro; Suma, Sakurako; Kiyoki, Yusuke; Baba, Naoko; Sakamoto, Tatsuhiro; Kato, Takayasu; Kusakabe, Manabu; Nishikii, Hidekazu; Kurita, Naoki; Yokoyama, Yasuhisa; Sakata-Yanagimoto, Mamiko; Hasegawa, Yuichi; Chiba, Shigeru
- Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 39-year-old man with bacterial pneumonia. Topics mentioned include the administration of antibiotics for treatment of his bacterial pneumonia, the other conditions he suffered aside from bacterial pneumonia including malaise, acute kidney injury, and hemolytic anemia, and the medical examination performed to him which reveals that he suffered from cold agglutinin disease (CAD).
- Subjects
ECULIZUMAB; PAROXYSMAL hemoglobinuria; COMMON cold; HEMOLYTIC anemia; HEMOLYTIC anemia diagnosis; HEMOLYTIC anemia treatment; RED blood cell transfusion; MONOCLONAL antibodies
- Publication
Annals of Hematology, 2019, Vol 98, Issue 4, p1031
- ISSN
0939-5555
- Publication type
case study
- DOI
10.1007/s00277-018-3521-4