Keywords
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
acute lymphoblastic leukemia
neutropenia
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Abstract
This article presents the case of a 2 year old male with acute lymphoblastic leukemia complicated with severe neutropenia that presented with septic shock due to a Pneumocystis jirovecii bronchopneumonia during the 22nd day of the consolidation phase of his chemotherapy. His critical condition led to the patient requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). On the fifth day of ECMO, once the septic shock was resolved, the patient underwent decannulation without any complications and continued his course of treatment in the Hematology Department.
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