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Prominent hemophagocytosis in cerebrospinal fluid in a patient with pneumococcal meningitis

Hemophagocytosis is usually observed in bone marrow. But it can be an incidental finding in other body fluids in severe infections like cerebrospinal fluid in case of meningitis. Clinicians need to rule out primary type of hemophagocytic syndrome.

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Autores principales: Alqasim, Alauldeen Mudhafar Zubair, Kariyattil, Rajeev
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8123745/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34026208
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4294
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spelling pubmed-81237452021-05-21 Prominent hemophagocytosis in cerebrospinal fluid in a patient with pneumococcal meningitis Alqasim, Alauldeen Mudhafar Zubair Kariyattil, Rajeev Clin Case Rep Clinical Images Hemophagocytosis is usually observed in bone marrow. But it can be an incidental finding in other body fluids in severe infections like cerebrospinal fluid in case of meningitis. Clinicians need to rule out primary type of hemophagocytic syndrome. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-05-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8123745/ /pubmed/34026208 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4294 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Alqasim, Alauldeen Mudhafar Zubair
Kariyattil, Rajeev
Prominent hemophagocytosis in cerebrospinal fluid in a patient with pneumococcal meningitis
title Prominent hemophagocytosis in cerebrospinal fluid in a patient with pneumococcal meningitis
title_full Prominent hemophagocytosis in cerebrospinal fluid in a patient with pneumococcal meningitis
title_fullStr Prominent hemophagocytosis in cerebrospinal fluid in a patient with pneumococcal meningitis
title_full_unstemmed Prominent hemophagocytosis in cerebrospinal fluid in a patient with pneumococcal meningitis
title_short Prominent hemophagocytosis in cerebrospinal fluid in a patient with pneumococcal meningitis
title_sort prominent hemophagocytosis in cerebrospinal fluid in a patient with pneumococcal meningitis
topic Clinical Images
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8123745/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34026208
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4294
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