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Does viral pulmonary infection on 87 year old man cause anemia and leukopenia on the cbc test and could this infection mimic mds symdrome on same test?
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No: Mycoplasmal chest colds can cause mild hemolysis. That's about it. No pathologist or hematologist will mistake this for myelodysplastic syndrome.
Answered 11/28/2017
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