tetracycline and Leukemia--Myeloid--Acute

The literature concerning Pasteurella pneumotropica infection in animals and man is briefly reviewed and a case presented in which the organism was the cause of septicaemia in a patient receiving chemotherapy for myeloid leukaemia. Bacteriological findings are recorded and compared with those of other authors.

Topics: Ampicillin; Cephaloridine; Chloramphenicol; Culture Media; Cytarabine; Daunorubicin; Erythromycin; Gentamicins; Humans; Kanamycin; Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute; Male; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Middle Aged; Pasteurella Infections; Polymyxins; Sepsis; Tetracycline

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; Breast Neoplasms; Carcinoma; Drug Synergism; Female; Humans; Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute; Lung; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Metastasis; Ovarian Neoplasms; Prednisone; Radiography; Remission, Spontaneous; Sarcoma; Tetracycline; Vincristine

Topics: Aeromonas; Child; Female; Humans; Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute; Mercaptopurine; Osteomyelitis; Penicillin Resistance; Penicillins; Sepsis; Tetracycline

Topics: Adrenal Cortex Hormones; Blood Cell Count; Blood Transfusion; Bone Marrow Examination; Eosinophils; Hemostatics; Humans; Leukemia; Leukemia, Myeloid; Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute; Mercaptopurine; Pathology; Tetracycline; Thrombin; Vitamin B Complex