Acute myelogenous leukemia presenting as acute infectious meningitis in a 7-year-old boy

Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2009 May;48(4):444-8. doi: 10.1177/0009922808330779. Epub 2009 Feb 17.

Authors

John A D'Orazio¹, Lindsay A Burns, Nina Farhoudi, Michael T McBride, Melissa V Kesler

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Markey Cancer Center, Lexington, KY 40536-0096, USA. jdorazio@uky.edu

PMID: 19224868
DOI: 10.1177/0009922808330779

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aminoglycosides / administration & dosage
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Antibodies, Monoclonal / administration & dosage
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
Antineoplastic Agents / administration & dosage
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
Blood Cell Count
Bone Marrow / pathology
Ceftriaxone / therapeutic use
Child
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10
Cytarabine / administration & dosage
Daunorubicin / administration & dosage
Diagnosis, Differential
Escherichia coli Infections / cerebrospinal fluid
Escherichia coli Infections / diagnosis*
Escherichia coli Infections / drug therapy
Etoposide / administration & dosage
Flow Cytometry
Gemtuzumab
Humans
Injections, Spinal
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / cerebrospinal fluid
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / diagnosis*
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / drug therapy
Male
Meningitis, Bacterial / cerebrospinal fluid
Meningitis, Bacterial / diagnosis*
Meningitis, Bacterial / drug therapy
Patient Transfer
Spinal Puncture
Trisomy / genetics
Trisomy / pathology

Substances

Aminoglycosides
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
Antineoplastic Agents
Cytarabine
Etoposide
Ceftriaxone
Gemtuzumab
Daunorubicin