PMC3238472_01
Blood values and treatment duration. RIF, rifampin; INH, isoniazid; PZA, pyrazinamide; ETB, ethambutol; MOF, moxifloxacin; RPI, reticulocyte production index.
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F1
No further transfusions where needed, and one week later, haemoglobin level was at 100 gram/L (Figure 1).
Hypercellular bone marrow aspirate with dysplastic erythropoiesis.
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F2
B19 PCR was negative. Bone marrow was not typical for PRCA, as it showed an enhanced, dysplastic erythropoiesis with 30% ringsideroblasts (Figures 2 and 3).
Ringsideroblasts.
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F3
B19 PCR was negative. Bone marrow was not typical for PRCA, as it showed an enhanced, dysplastic erythropoiesis with 30% ringsideroblasts (Figures 2 and 3).