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. 1997 Jan;73(855):41–42. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.73.855.41

Typhoid fever with severe pancytopenia.

R Sood 1, S Roy 1, P Kaushik 1
PMCID: PMC2431206  PMID: 9039410

Abstract

A patient suffering from typhoid fever with severe pancytopenia is presented. Bone marrow examination revealed extensive haemophagocytosis which possibly contributed to the pancytopenia.

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