Virus-associated hemophagocytic syndrome in an international traveler as a differential diagnosis of SARS

Internal Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 342-345

  Ishii, Hiroshi ^a   Asai, Satomi ^a   Suzuki, Takayoshi ^a   Eguchi, Kenji ^a   Miyachi, Hayato ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epstein Barr virus associated; Hemophagocytic syndrome; Pulmonary infiltrates; Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS); Travelers's infection

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; FERRITIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRAVEL;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BONE MARROW; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, VIRAL; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENOME, VIRAL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HISTIOCYTOSIS, NON-LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; THAILAND; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAVEL;

EID: 18644362757     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.44.342     Document Type: Article

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