Affiliations 

  • 1 Sarawak General Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Haematology Unit, Sarawak, Malaysia. [email protected]
  • 2 Sarawak General Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Haematology Unit, Sarawak, Malaysia
  • 3 Sarawak General Hospital, Pathology Department (Microbiology), Sarawak, Malaysia
  • 4 Sarawak General Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease Unit, Sarawak, Malaysia
Med J Malaysia, 2018 10;73(5):344-346.
PMID: 30350823 MyJurnal

Abstract

Systemic Arcanobacterium pyogenes is a rare bacterial infection in humans.1The diagnosis of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)-like syndrome and infective endocarditis (IE) is often elusive. We report a case of TTP-like syndrome associated with A. pyogenes endocarditis in a post-allogenic transplant patient.

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