Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis complicating invasive pneumococcal disease: a pediatric case report

BACKGROUND: Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is an infrequent but life-threatening disease due to excessive immune activation. Secondary HLH can be triggered by infections, autoimmune diseases, and malignant diseases. Streptococcus pneumoniae is a pathogenic bacterium responsible for invasiv...

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Autores principales: Tsuge, Mitsuru, Miyamoto, Machiko, Miyawaki, Reiji, Kondo, Yoichi, Tsukahara, Hirokazu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6956486/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31931763
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-020-1915-7

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