Open AccessPhoto Quiz: An Elderly Leukemia Patient with Jaw Pain and Swelling and Subjective Fevers
Author(s) -
Justin Kim,
Paul M. Luethy,
Kristen Stashek,
Rima Koka,
Poonam Mathur
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.00380-19
Subject(s) - leukemia , medicine , dentistry , surgery
A 76-year-old man with acute myelogenous leukemia presented to the hospital with 1 week of left-sided jaw pain and swelling and subjective fevers. The patient had been severely neutropenic (i.e., with an absolute neutrophil count of <500/μl) for about 6 months prior to admission. On presentation,
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