Coagulation disorders during treatment with cefazolin and rifampicin: rare but dangerous.

We describe a 79-year-old man with spondylodiscitis and unknown pathogen, treated with cefazolin and rifampicin. He developed a massive digestive hemorrhage. Prothrombin time was prolonged with severe vitamin-K-dependent clotting-factor deficiency.

[Fabry disease].

Fabry disease. Fabry disease is an X-linked disorder in which lysosomal alpha-galactosidase A is lacking, leading to enzyme-substrate accumulation and tissues dysfunction. Acroparesthesia, angiokeratoma, familial nephropathy or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy should suggest Fabry disease.

[Autoimmune hemolytic anemias].

Autoimmune hemolytic anemias. Autoimmune hemolytic anemias (AIHA) are a rare cause of acquired hemolytic anemia, linked to the presence of an autoantibody directed against one or more antigens expressed on the surface of the red blood cell and certified by a positive direct antiglobulin test (DAT). AIHA can be non regenerative (10-20% of cases) and DAT may be negative (5% of cases).

Cornea verticillata and acroparesthesia efficiently discriminate clusters of severity in Fabry disease.

Backgroud: Fabry disease (OMIM #301 500), the most prevalent lysosomal storage disease, is caused by enzymatic defects in alpha-galactosidase A (GLA gene; Xq22.1). Fabry disease has historically been characterized by progressive renal failure, early stroke and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, with a diminished life expectancy.