Fooyin Journal of Health Sciences
Volume 2, Issue 3 , Pages 113-116, August 2010

Severe Hemolytic Anemia due to Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis

  • Hsueh-Chen Chen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Fooyin University Hospital, Pingtung, Taiwan
    • Hsueh-Chen Chen and la-Tang Huang contributed equally to this work and are considered first authors.
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  • la-Tang Huang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Fooyin University Hospital, Pingtung, Taiwan
    • Division of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Hsueh-Chen Chen and la-Tang Huang contributed equally to this work and are considered first authors.
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  • Hong-Chung Wang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Division of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, 386 Ta-Chung 1st Road, Kaohsiung 81362, Taiwan

Received 17 November 2010; received in revised form 6 January 2011; accepted 14 January 2011.

A 55-year-old male presented with Coombs'-positive hemolytic anemia of a hemoglobin level of 38 g/L, secondary to active pulmonary tuberculosis. The hemoglobin returned to 140 g/L and anti-complement antibody converted to negative after 5-month antituberculous therapy. The patient remained healthy after a total of 6 months of antituberculous therapy without steroid use.

Key Words:  Coombs' test , hemolytic anemia , pulmonary tuberculosis

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PII: S1877-8607(11)60009-X

doi:10.1016/S1877-8607(11)60009-X

Fooyin Journal of Health Sciences
Volume 2, Issue 3 , Pages 113-116, August 2010

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