Combined hemophagocytic syndrome and thrombotic microangiopathy due to mixed infection with influenza virus and pneumococcal pneumonia

Development of hemophagocytic syndrome and thrombotic microangiopathy due to community‐acquired pneumonia is rare, but delayed management of these complications can lead to a poor prognosis. Infection by both Streptococcus pneumoniae and influenza virus can cause these complications; thus, physician...

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Autores principales: Ishiguro, Takashi, Kojima, Ayako, Shimizu, Taisuke, Mita, Norikatsu, Kuroiwa, Seiichiro, Takayanagi, Noboru
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6333073/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30656026
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1842
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Sumario:Development of hemophagocytic syndrome and thrombotic microangiopathy due to community‐acquired pneumonia is rare, but delayed management of these complications can lead to a poor prognosis. Infection by both Streptococcus pneumoniae and influenza virus can cause these complications; thus, physicians should pay attention to them when treating influenza‐associated pneumococcal pneumonia.

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