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Sang-Bae Ko, MD; Hee-Joon Bae, MD, PhD; Seong-Ho Park, MD, PhD

Arch Neurol. 2008;65(8):1128-1129.

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A 56-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with a 2-week history of general myalgia, fever, and cough. A complete blood cell count on admission showed the following: white blood cell count, 1720/µL (to convert to value x 10⁹/L, multiply by 10⁶); hemoglobin level, 6.7 g/dL (to convert to grams per liter, multiply by 10.0); and platelet count, 24 x 10³/µL (to convert to value x 10⁹/L, multiply by .001). Acute leukemia was suspected, and a bone marrow examination revealed acute erythroid leukemia (acute myeloid leukemia M6 subtype). Ten days after initiating treatment with cytarabine hydrochloride and idarubicin hydrochloride, he developed a fever (temperature, 39.3°C). Blood smear results showed gram-negative rods, and Fournier gangrene was identified as a septic focus. Vancomycin, meropenem, and metronidazole treatment was initiated, and this treatment was changed to cefepime and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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