Falm. Eskens et al., SEPTIC SHOCK CAUSED BY GROUP-G BETA-HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCI AS PRESENTING SYMPTOM OF ACUTE MYELOID-LEUKEMIA, Netherlands journal of medicine, 46(3), 1995, pp. 153-155
A patient with rapidly fatal septic shock caused by group G beta-haemo
lytic streptococci as presenting symptom of acute myeloid leukaemia is
presented. Although the association of septic shock due to Group G be
ta-haemolytic streptococci and different kinds of malignancy is known,
presentation of acute myeloid leukaemia in this form is rare.