Waldenström's macroglobulinemia: report of a case with pulmonary involvement and recurrent pneumococcal sepsis after pneumococcal vaccination
King, T.E.; Schwarz, M.I.; Mathew, M.
Journal of the National Medical Association 76(2): 184-6 189
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0027-9684 PMID: 6423829 Document Number: 222197
A patient with Waldenström's macroglobulinemia who presented with pleuropulmonary manifestations is described. The course was complicated by recurrent Streptococcus pneumoniae infections despite pneumococcal immunization.
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