Leylagül KAYNAR, Afra YILDIRIM, Serdar ŞIVGIN, Osman BAŞPINAR, Gökhan METAN, Fatih KURNAZ

Two cases of H1N1 infl uenza infection as the initial presentation of acute leukemia

Özet: Pandemik 2009 infl uenza A virusu insanlarda hastalığa yol açan yeni bir infl uenza virusüdür. İmmunkompromize hastalar, infl uenza enfeksiyonuna yakalanma ve enfeksiyon ilişkili komplikasyonların görülmesi açısından daha fazla riske sahiptirler. Bununla birlikte, literatürde H1N1 enfeksiyonu ile ortaya çıkan yeni tanı akut lösemi olgusuna rastlanmadı. Burada daha once sağlıklı olduğu bilinen, ilk kez H1N1 infl uenza infeksiyonu ile bulgu veren yeni tanı akut lösemili, iki vakayı sunduk.

Akut löseminin başlangıç bulgusu olarak H1N1 infl uenza enfeksiyonu olan iki vaka

Abstract: Pandemic 2009 infl uenza A virus (H1N1) is a new infl uenza virus causing illness in human populations. Immunocompromised patients are at high risk for the acquisition of infl uenza and serious infl uenza-associated complications. However, there are no reports about patients with both newly diagnosed acute leukemia and H1N1 infl uenza infection. We reported 2 cases of previously healthy patients with H1N1 infl uenza infection as the initial presentation of acute leukemia.

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