Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome Presenting with Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis--which is associated with a variety of infections, malignant neoplasms, autoimmune diseases, and immunodeficiencies--is an uncommon syndrome with a rapidly fatal outcome. We describe the first case of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome due to Hantaan virus prese...

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Autores principales: Lee, Je-Jung, Chung, Ik-Joo, Shin, Dong-Hyeon, Cho, Sang-Hee, Cho, Duck, Ryang, Dong-Wook, Khan, Ali S., Kim, Hyeoung-Joon
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2732452/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11897077
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0802.010299
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Sumario:Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis--which is associated with a variety of infections, malignant neoplasms, autoimmune diseases, and immunodeficiencies--is an uncommon syndrome with a rapidly fatal outcome. We describe the first case of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome due to Hantaan virus presenting with reactive hemophagocytosis.

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