Visceral Leishmaniasis in Two Brothers; Diagnostic Dilemma Due to Hemophagocytic Syndrome

Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL), a systemic infection of the reticuloendotherlial system, is caused by a parasitic infection. The co-occurrence of VL and hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS) has been previously reported in several studies. In this report we present two cases of HPS and VL among members of the...

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Autores principales: Khalilzadeh, Soheila, Hassanzad, Maryam, Fard, Elaheh Heydarian, Dorudinia, Atosa, Velayati, Ali Akabr
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Publicado: National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4153245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25191463
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author Khalilzadeh, Soheila
Hassanzad, Maryam
Fard, Elaheh Heydarian
Dorudinia, Atosa
Velayati, Ali Akabr
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description Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL), a systemic infection of the reticuloendotherlial system, is caused by a parasitic infection. The co-occurrence of VL and hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS) has been previously reported in several studies. In this report we present two cases of HPS and VL among members of the same family.
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spelling pubmed-41532452014-09-04 Visceral Leishmaniasis in Two Brothers; Diagnostic Dilemma Due to Hemophagocytic Syndrome Khalilzadeh, Soheila Hassanzad, Maryam Fard, Elaheh Heydarian Dorudinia, Atosa Velayati, Ali Akabr Tanaffos Case Report Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL), a systemic infection of the reticuloendotherlial system, is caused by a parasitic infection. The co-occurrence of VL and hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS) has been previously reported in several studies. In this report we present two cases of HPS and VL among members of the same family. National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC4153245/ /pubmed/25191463 Text en Copyright © 2013 National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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Visceral Leishmaniasis in Two Brothers; Diagnostic Dilemma Due to Hemophagocytic Syndrome
title Visceral Leishmaniasis in Two Brothers; Diagnostic Dilemma Due to Hemophagocytic Syndrome
title_full Visceral Leishmaniasis in Two Brothers; Diagnostic Dilemma Due to Hemophagocytic Syndrome
title_fullStr Visceral Leishmaniasis in Two Brothers; Diagnostic Dilemma Due to Hemophagocytic Syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Visceral Leishmaniasis in Two Brothers; Diagnostic Dilemma Due to Hemophagocytic Syndrome
title_short Visceral Leishmaniasis in Two Brothers; Diagnostic Dilemma Due to Hemophagocytic Syndrome
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