Reversible haemolysis

Severe malaria, artesunate and haemolysis.

on two occasions, and the dose was adjusted accordingly a few times. He presented 2 weeks later with worsening symptoms of the right knee, including redness, swelling and pain. He was switched to 10 mg/kg telavancin intravenously every 24 h and rifampicin was continued. The MIC of telavancin was 0.25 mg/L. During the 6 week therapy with telavancin, the patient showed rapid improvement of sympto...

Haemolysis in Malignant Blood Diseases.

Acute intravascular haemolysis associated with cephalexin therapy.

CEPHALEXIN, a new semi-synthetic antibiotic derived from cephalosporin C, has the same basic nucleus and the same range of activity as its predecessors, cephalothin and cephaloridine but has the advantage that it can be given orally. As this drug is relatively new, few side-effects have been described. The following case report is of a boy, aged 14 years, who developed acute intravascular haemo...

Haemolysis following implantation of duct occlusion coils.

OBJECTIVES To describe the incidence and management of haemolysis after transcatheter coil occlusion of the arterial duct. DESIGN Prospective clinical and echocardiographic follow up of patients who have undergone implantation of the Cook detachable duct occlusion coil. SETTING Tertiary paediatric cardiac centre. PATIENTS Five cases of haemolysis (two girls aged 6 and 11 months; three boy...

Intravascular haemolysis in the recreational runner.

Intravascular haemolysis has been found to result from prolonged endurance competition, rigorous military training and participation in impact sports. Haematological research involving the recreational runner is sparse. Recreational runners frequently vary their training to avoid monotony and improve endurance capacity. This study investigated the haematological effects of a typical day of incr...