1. Right- and Left-Sided Embolic Phenomena in a Patient With Febrile Neutropenia.
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Al-Hamrashdi, Badar, Valiani, Sabira, Khan, Noman, Mansour, Marlene, and Millington, Scott J.
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FEBRILE neutropenia ,CHELATING agents ,BETA-Thalassemia ,PIPERACILLIN ,TAZOBACTAM ,THERAPEUTICS ,HEART disease diagnosis ,THROMBOSIS complications ,THROMBOSIS diagnosis ,HEART disease complications ,DOPPLER ultrasonography ,DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis ,ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY ,HEART atrium ,NEUTROPENIA ,DISEASE complications ,PULMONARY embolism ,DIAGNOSIS - Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 33-year-old woman who was presented with febrile neutropenia after she initiated treatment with deferiprone. She has a history of beta-thalassemia which requires monthly blood transfusions, complicated by myocardial iron deposition and iron overload. The patient was trated for retropharyngeal abscess having piperacillin-tazobactam.
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- 2016
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