leukemoid reaction/fever

Chikungunya is a viral illness caused by an arbovirus which is transmitted by Aedes mosquito. Fever and polyarthralgia are hallmark of this viral illness. Viral infections are generally associated with leucopenia and bacterial infections with leukocytosis. Leukemoid Reaction (LR) is defined by

We present a case of a young male, who presented to us with high-grade fever for more than four weeks, refractory seizures, multiple subcutaneous palpable lumps, and evidence of leukocytosis with predominant left shift on the peripheral smear. The classic "starry-sky" appearance on imaging,

Adult Still's Disease has been reported as cause of Fever of Unknown Origin. Leukocytosis has been described as a common haematological abnormality in Adult Still's Disease. In some rare cases, leukemoid reaction has been reported associated to Still's Disease. We report the case of Adult Still's

OBJECTIVE This study is an analysis of frequency and relationship regarding two undifferentiated carcinoma of nasopharyngeal type (UCNT)-associated paraneoplastic syndromes (PNS): leukemoid reaction (LR) and fever of unknown origin (FUO) with bone marrow invasion (BMI) and metastatic

In this study, we describe a patient in whom tigecycline-induced drug fever and leukemoid reaction (LR) after 3 weeks of therapy for pneumonia.A 62-year-old man developed aspiration pneumonia on February 1, 2015. He had received multiple antibiotics at another hospital, but did not respond well.

The authors present a unique case of bladder cancer that presented as paraneoplastic syndrome of fever and leukemoid reaction. Furthermore, the patient had a left renal tumor histologically similar to the bladder tumor. We discuss whether the foregoing was a metastatic or a primary tumor coexisting

Streptococcus pneumoniae is one of the leading causes of pneumonia and several other invasive diseases as well as upper respiratory tract infections. They are more prevalent and serious in elderly and in those with chronic diseases and with high morbidity and mortality. Invasive pneumococcal