Reactions 1389 - 18 Feb 2012

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Renal failure, toxic shock and severe anaemialeading to death: 3 case reports

A 56-year-old man with AIDS developed renal failure,and two 48-year-old men with AIDS developed septicshock or severe anaemia, respectively, during CHOPchemotherapy with cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin,vincristine and prednisone for malignant lymphoma[dosages, routes and duration of treatments to reactiononsets not stated]. All three patients subsequently diedfrom these complications, with survival times ranging from2 months to less than 1 year. These patients wereretrospectively identified.

Author comment: In this data, three patients died fromthe complications of chemotherapy.Gao G, et al. Clinical analysis of 10 AIDS patients with malignant lymphoma.Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology 38: 1114-1117, No. 18, 30 Sep 2011.Available from: URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1000-8179.2011.18.015[Chinese; summarised from a translation] - China 803066922

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