Fatal murine typhus with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a child

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis is a rare complication in Rickettsia typhi infections. We report the case of a 2-year-old boy with sudden night-onset fever, pallor, neck adenopathy and erythematous macular rash on the thorax, thighs and buttocks. During admission, he developed hyponatremia, hypoa...

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Autores principales: Leal-López, Victor Federico, Arias-León, Juan J., Faccini-Martínez, Álvaro A., Lugo-Caballero, Cesar, Quiñones-Vega, Carlos, Erosa-Gonzalez, José M., Dzul-Rosado, Karla Rossanet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto de Medicina Tropical 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7748055/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33331518
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946202062099

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