Possible cyclosporin–danazol interaction in a patient with aplastic anaemia

Bacterial pyomyositis in a patient with aplastic anaemia.

Bacterial pyomyositis is common in the tropids but is rare in temperate climates. A patient with aplastic anaemia who had never left the continental United States developed bacterial pyomyositis secondary to Staphylococcus aureus which responded to antibiotics and surgical drainage. Bacterial pyomyositis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of fever and myalgias in the immunocompr...

Aplastic anaemia: a review.

Aplastic anaemia is featured by bone marrow hypocellularity and peripheral pancytopenia and is a potentially fatal disease. In recent years, insight in it pathogenesis has increased. It appears that activated autoreactive T lymphocytes induce apoptosis of haematopoietic stem cells resulting in a hypocellular bone marrow. Nowadays, it can be treated by stem cell transplantation or immunosuppress...

Aplastic Anaemia.

Aplastic Anaemia in Children.

A anaemia is a life threatening blood disorder that affects a large number of children each year in India. Exposure to toxic agents like benzene, radiation and viruses like hepatitis A have been implicated in its aetiology. The incidence in developing countries is far higher compared to developed countries. Investigating a child with pancytopenia is more complex than that of an adult as numerou...

Aplastic Anaemia with Microfilaria in Marrow Aspirate

Dear Editor, Filariasis is a parasitic disorder and is endemic in many parts of the world especially in the tropical countries including India. The disease presents itsel predominantly in lymphatic and cutaneous forms and caused by Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi The adult worms can be demonstrated in a variety of aspiration cytology smears. Previously rare associations have also been re...